Special ProjectsSpecial Projects

Fiscal 2012 ActivitiesFiscal 2012 Activities

Overview Overview

Cross-cutting Issues that Guide Cross-cutting Issues that Guide Special Projects Special Projects

Special Project Priorities and Special Project Priorities and Activities Brainstormed at the April Activities Brainstormed at the April MeetingMeeting

Identify Partners and Develop Identify Partners and Develop Additional ActivitiesAdditional Activities

Discuss the Need for Additional Discuss the Need for Additional Projects Projects

Cross-Cutting IssuesCross-Cutting Issues Regional Representation-Urban Versus RuralRegional Representation-Urban Versus Rural Cultural, Ethnic, Gender, and Faith-based Cultural, Ethnic, Gender, and Faith-based

DiversityDiversity Community Based ApproachesCommunity Based Approaches Financing Strategies and Cost EffectivenessFinancing Strategies and Cost Effectiveness Key Stake Holders InvolvedKey Stake Holders Involved Data Available to Support Needs or ResultsData Available to Support Needs or Results Short-, Mid-, and Long-term StrategiesShort-, Mid-, and Long-term Strategies Community/Corporate PartnershipsCommunity/Corporate Partnerships Salary, Financial Support (e.g., stipends, Loan Salary, Financial Support (e.g., stipends, Loan

Forgiveness)Forgiveness) Stigma Stigma

Special ProjectsSpecial Projects Diversity Project Diversity Project Secondary Education Secondary Education

Project Project DACUM Project DACUM Project Older Workers Project Older Workers Project PMHNP Project PMHNP Project Workforce Collaborative Workforce Collaborative

Project Project State and Federal State and Federal

Advocacy Advocacy Oversight ActivitiesOversight Activities

• Five-year Plan Five-year Plan

Career Lattice Project Career Lattice Project Distributive Learning Distributive Learning Career Pathways Project Career Pathways Project Nursing Career ProjectNursing Career Project Leadership Project Leadership Project Committee Capacity Committee Capacity

Building Activities Building Activities SAMHSA Block Grant SAMHSA Block Grant

ProjectProject• Secondary Education Secondary Education

FocusFocus

Diversity Project Diversity Project Priority: Engaging Diverse Communities to Priority: Engaging Diverse Communities to

Develop Successful Workforce Development and Develop Successful Workforce Development and Deployment Strategies Deployment Strategies

Activities:Activities:• Report and Present on Findings from Statewide Financial Report and Present on Findings from Statewide Financial

Relief ProgramsRelief Programs• Contact the Wellness Foundation and Report on Best Contact the Wellness Foundation and Report on Best

Practices to Increase Diversity In Postsecondary Ed.Practices to Increase Diversity In Postsecondary Ed.• Engage Welcome Back Program to Conduct a Engage Welcome Back Program to Conduct a

Presentation Updating Committee on PerformancePresentation Updating Committee on Performance• Report on and Catalogue Secondary Education Career Report on and Catalogue Secondary Education Career

Pathway Program Outcomes Pathway Program Outcomes

Secondary Education Project Secondary Education Project

Priority: Expanding Mental Health Priority: Expanding Mental Health Career PathwaysCareer Pathways

Activities: (SAMHSA PROJECT)Activities: (SAMHSA PROJECT)• Develop a Report Identifying Best Develop a Report Identifying Best

Practices in Promoting Therapeutic Practices in Promoting Therapeutic Programs of Study in Secondary Programs of Study in Secondary Education Career ProgramsEducation Career Programs

Partnering with CiMH, CDE, and SB/ROCP Partnering with CiMH, CDE, and SB/ROCP

DACUM ProjectDACUM Project

Priority: Cataloging Skills and Priority: Cataloging Skills and Abilities Among Mental Health Abilities Among Mental Health ProfessionalsProfessionals

Activities: Conduct the following Activities: Conduct the following • Family Member and Parent Partner Family Member and Parent Partner

Occupational Validation-CompletingOccupational Validation-Completing• Community Organization PresidentCommunity Organization President• Policy OfficerPolicy Officer• Medical Director Medical Director

Older Workers Project Older Workers Project

Priority: Promoting Retired Persons Priority: Promoting Retired Persons As A Workforce PoolAs A Workforce Pool

ActivitiesActivities• Present on Efforts Involved in Present on Efforts Involved in

Developing a Funding Strategy for Developing a Funding Strategy for Piloting a Geriatric mental Health Piloting a Geriatric mental Health Certificate Training in Small Counties Certificate Training in Small Counties

Consumer and Family Member Consumer and Family Member EmploymentEmployment

Priority: Promoting Successful Strategies Priority: Promoting Successful Strategies and Opportunitiesand Opportunities

ActivitiesActivities• Investigate if a Catalogue of Peer Training Investigate if a Catalogue of Peer Training

Program is Completed and Updated. Present Program is Completed and Updated. Present FindingsFindings

• Report on Strategies for Using Medicare Report on Strategies for Using Medicare Reimbursement for Peer ServicesReimbursement for Peer Services

• Advocate for Financial Relief of Peer Training Advocate for Financial Relief of Peer Training Programs (Certificated, Non-Certificated) Programs (Certificated, Non-Certificated)

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner ProjectPractitioner Project

Priority:Fact Sheet DistributionPriority:Fact Sheet Distribution ActivitiesActivities

• Report on Current Efforts to Retrain Report on Current Efforts to Retrain Nurses, Especially Training That Focuses Nurses, Especially Training That Focuses on Enhancing Competencies Among on Enhancing Competencies Among Behavioral Health Functions Behavioral Health Functions

• Report on Current Efforts to Evaluate Report on Current Efforts to Evaluate the Performance of Nurse Retraining the Performance of Nurse Retraining Efforts Efforts

Workforce Collaborative ProjectWorkforce Collaborative Project

Priority: Providing Technical Priority: Providing Technical Assistance to Expand Regional Assistance to Expand Regional Partnerships Partnerships

Activities:Activities:

State and Federal Workforce Policy State and Federal Workforce Policy Development Development

Priority: Partnering with the California Priority: Partnering with the California State Rural Health associationState Rural Health association

ActivityActivity• Partner with State National Partner with State National

Organizations to Move a Behavioral Organizations to Move a Behavioral Health Workforce Agenda Health Workforce Agenda

CSRHA, CCCMHA, NACBHA, HWDD, OSHPD, CSRHA, CCCMHA, NACBHA, HWDD, OSHPD, NRHA, NARMHNRHA, NARMH

Oversight of Mental Health Oversight of Mental Health Services ActServices Act

Priority: Workforce Education and Training Priority: Workforce Education and Training Program ComponentProgram Component

ActivitiesActivities• Report on Current CA and Federal Workforce Report on Current CA and Federal Workforce

Development and Deployment Capacity Development and Deployment Capacity Building Efforts Underway Building Efforts Underway

• Advocate for the Development of a Public Advocate for the Development of a Public Mental Health Workforce Capacity SurveyMental Health Workforce Capacity Survey

• Advocate for the Development of a Advocate for the Development of a Performance Based Evaluation of State-level Performance Based Evaluation of State-level Financial Relief Programs Financial Relief Programs

Career Lattice/Occupational Career Lattice/Occupational MappingMapping

Priority: Refining Recruitment and Priority: Refining Recruitment and Retention StrategiesRetention Strategies

ActivitiesActivities• Promote the Development of Training Promote the Development of Training

Programs Focused on Targeted Occupational Programs Focused on Targeted Occupational Growth within Industries (case managers, Growth within Industries (case managers, business administrative positions, peer business administrative positions, peer support) support)

• Advocate for Federal, State, and Foundation Advocate for Federal, State, and Foundation Funds to be Used to Support Behavioral Health Funds to be Used to Support Behavioral Health Workforce Development ( R&R) Project Workforce Development ( R&R) Project Activities Activities

Distance Education ProjectDistance Education Project

Advancing Course Conversion, Advancing Course Conversion, Accessibility, and Distributive LearningAccessibility, and Distributive Learning

ActivitiesActivities• Distribute Distributive Learning Modules Distribute Distributive Learning Modules

Developed by the DMH MHSA WETDeveloped by the DMH MHSA WET• Research Cutting Edge Approaches to Research Cutting Edge Approaches to

Distributive Learning Distributive Learning • Report on Efforts to Evaluate the Performance Report on Efforts to Evaluate the Performance

of Distributive Learning Programs in Building of Distributive Learning Programs in Building the Competency and Capacity of the the Competency and Capacity of the Healthcare Workforce Healthcare Workforce

Additional Projects Additional Projects

Career Pathways: Exploring Career Pathways: Exploring educational programs that have educational programs that have successfully engaged culturally and successfully engaged culturally and linguistically diverse communities, as linguistically diverse communities, as well as, the broader cross-disability well as, the broader cross-disability community.community.• Report on Current CA Occupational Report on Current CA Occupational

Pathway Projects Pathway Projects

Additional ProjectsAdditional Projects

Nursing Careers Project: Nursing Careers Project: Reinvigorating strategies to enhance Reinvigorating strategies to enhance the utilization of advanced practice the utilization of advanced practice nurses in public mental healthnurses in public mental health

Leadership: Examining strategies for Leadership: Examining strategies for the transition of the current mental the transition of the current mental health workforce into leadership health workforce into leadership pathways pathways

Project Related PartnershipsProject Related Partnerships

California Association of Marriage and Family TherapistsCalifornia Association of Marriage and Family Therapists California Institute for Mental HealthCalifornia Institute for Mental Health California Mental Health Directors AssociationCalifornia Mental Health Directors Association Central Region CollaborativeCentral Region Collaborative California Social Work Education Center California Social Work Education Center California State Rural Health AssociationCalifornia State Rural Health Association National UniversityNational University National Rural Health AssociationNational Rural Health Association National Association for Rural Mental Health National Association for Rural Mental Health Office of Statewide Health Planning and DevelopmentOffice of Statewide Health Planning and Development Pacific ClinicsPacific Clinics State Department of Mental HealthState Department of Mental Health Truckee Community CollaborativeTruckee Community Collaborative

These are partnerships that staff are currently engaged in to move a particular These are partnerships that staff are currently engaged in to move a particular special project activity forward.special project activity forward.

Partnerships to Activate Partnerships to Activate

California Council of Community Mental Health AgenciesCalifornia Council of Community Mental Health Agencies California Community College Workforce InitiativesCalifornia Community College Workforce Initiatives California Mental Health Services AuthorityCalifornia Mental Health Services Authority California State Department of Alcohol and Drug ProgramsCalifornia State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs California State Department of Consumer AffairsCalifornia State Department of Consumer Affairs California State Department of Education California State Department of Education California State Department of RehabilitationCalifornia State Department of Rehabilitation California Workforce AssociationCalifornia Workforce Association California Workforce Investment Act BoardCalifornia Workforce Investment Act Board National Council of Community Behavioral Health AgenciesNational Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies Petrus CenterPetrus Center University of San Francisco Center for the Health ProfessionsUniversity of San Francisco Center for the Health Professions Veterans organizationsVeterans organizations

These are partnership we have, but are currently not related to moving a These are partnership we have, but are currently not related to moving a particular project forwardparticular project forward

New Projects, Partners, & New Projects, Partners, & MembersMembers