California Mental Health Planning Council (CMHPC)

The CMHPC is changing the appearance and content of it's website beginning in March 2013. Some content may be missing or hard to find. Please bear with us during the process, your patience and understanding is appreciated. We hope to have the website update completed by early summer 2013.

The California Mental Health Planning Council is mandated by federal and state statute to advocate for children with serious emotional disturbances and adults and older adults with serious mental illness, to provide oversight and accountability for the public mental health system, and to advise the Administration and the Legislature on priority issues and participate in statewide planning.

Meetings

The California Mental Health Planning Council holds quarterly meetings in different sections of California to allow maximum participation. In January we schedule meetings in the San Diego area. In April we visit the Los Angeles area and in June we visit the San Francisco bay area. Our October meetings occur in Sacramento.

Here are the dates for our 2013 meetings

June 19-21 Burlingame (Hilton San Francisco Airport Bayfront)

October 16-18 Sacramento (Red Lion Inn - Woodlake)

Announcements

The CMHPC will hold a "Special Closed Door Session" to discuss the MHSA audit on June 27, 2013 at 9 a.m. For more information, click the link below.

Special Mtg re MHSA Audit Rpt.pdf

This June, for the first time, the General Session of the CMHPC Quarterly meeting will be available via conference call. The public may dial in using the following number to listen to the meeting live on Thursday, June 20 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and on Friday, June 21 from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. (Noon). Please note, this will provide LISTENING capability only and presentations nor participation via conference call will be available.

Dial In Number: 1-866-723-8689
Participant Code: 8356601

The CMHPC has developed a report on the implementation of AB109 during the first year. It highlights four California Counties and how they met the challenges in their communities. For the complete report click either of the links below. The first is a full PDF version. The second is a text only version.

AB 109 Implementation Feb 2013.pdf

AB_109_TEXT_ONLY.txt

On October 23, 2012, the CMHPC sent a letter to Governor Brown. In it the CMHPC expressed their concerns, observations, and suggestions for AB 109. You can read the letter in its entirety by clicking the link below.

LTR - AB 109 Letter to Jerry Brown.pdf

The California Mental Health Planning Council is pleased to announce the appointments of nine new members to the Council effective January 1, 2013. Click the link below to see the announcement.

CMHPC New Members.pdf

The California Mental Health Planning Council has moved its office location.

The Council can now be reached at the following mailing address:

California Mental Health Planning Council
MS 2706
PO Box 997413
Sacramento, CA 95899-7413

Fax - 916-319-8030

Staff can be reached at -

Jane Adcock - Jane.Adcock@cmhpc.ca.gov 916-319-9343

Andi Murphy - Andi.Murphy@cmhpc.ca.gov 916-440-7813

Linda Dickerson - Linda.Dickerson@cmhpc.ca.gov 916-449-5249

Tracy Thompson - Tracy.Thompson@cmhpc.ca.gov 916-552-8665

Narkesia Swanigan - Narkesia.Swanigan@cmhpc.ca.gov 916-552-8504

Michael Gardner - Michael.Gardner@cmhpc.ca.gov 916-319-9639