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Commission staff to build BHSA community-planning toolkit, amend advocacy contracts to include BHSA priority populations
Summary
Staff for the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission said Sept. 18 they will produce a plain-language toolkit by January to help residents and community organizations participate in BHSA county community-planning processes.
Commission staff told the Legislative & External Affairs Advisory Committee on Sept. 18 that they will develop a plain-language community-planning toolkit to help community members — particularly those in underserved groups — engage in the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) county planning process.
Assistant Deputy Director Ryan Kopcheck described the toolkit as a “reverse” of the county-oriented Cal MESA guidance: instead of telling counties how to run engagement, the toolkit will tell community organizations and residents how to find meetings, whom to contact, and how to meaningfully participate.
“We want to help community members meaningfully participate in the community planning process,…
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