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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​MHSA Components

MHSA funding has five components:

  • Community Services and Support (CSS)
  • Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI)
  • Innovation (INN)
  • Capital Facilities and Technological Needs (CFTN)
  • ​Workforce Education and Training (WET)

Community Services and Support (CSS)

The CSS component is the largest of all five MHSA components. Funding is used to provide direct services to adults and older adults with serious mental illness and children and youth with serious emotional disturbance who meet the criteria set forth in Welfare and Institutions Code (W&I Code) section 5600.3.

The CSS component has the following service categories:

  • Full Service Partnership (FSP) Services
  • Outreach and Engagement (O&E) Services
  • General System Development (GSD)

CSS also helps counties leverage housing funds in local partnerships to build and renovate housing units for individuals with serious mental illness who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

W&I Code

5600.3 General Provisions

5800 Adult and Older Adult Mental Health System of Care Act

5813.5 Financial Participation

5845 Oversight And Accountability

5846 Oversight And Accountability

5847 Oversight And Accountability; Integrated Plans for Prevention, Innovation, and System of Care Services

5850 The Children's Mental Health Services Act

5891 Mental Health Services Fund       

5892 Mental Health Services Fund

5892.5 Mental Health Services Fund

5898 Mental Health Services Fund

​Title 9 CCR

3200.079 Community Services and Supports Account or CSS Account

3200.080 Community Services and Supports Component or CSS Component

3200.130 Full Service Partnership

3200.140 Full Service Partnership Service Category

3200.150 Full Spectrum of Community Services

3200.160 Fully Served

3200.170 General System Development Service Category

3200.240 Outreach and Engagement Service Category

3610 General Community Services and Supports Requirements

3615 Community Services and Supports Service Categories

3620 Full Service Partnership Service Category

3620.05 Criteria for Full Service Partnerships Service Category

3620.10 Full Service Partnership Data Collection Requirements

3630 General System Development Service Category

3630.05 Project-Based Housing Program

3630.10 Requirements for a Project-Based Housing Program

3630.15 Capitalized Operating Subsidy Reserve

3640 Outreach and Engagement

3650 Community Services and Supports Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan

​Information Notices16-034 Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Use of Funds for Crisis Services

​Historical Information Notices

09-16 MHSA Local Prudent Reserve Fiscal Policy Changes

08-31 CSS and GSD Housing Project Based Operating Subsidy Clarification

08-23  PEI Projects Change Designation of "Alternate Programs," Clarification of "Undeserved Cultural Populations" as a Priority Population, and Modification of Timeline for Transferring a CSS Program to PEI

08-19 Revised Planning Estimates (FY 2008/09) for the CSS Component of the MHSA

08-19 Enclosure 1- Revised Annual FY 2008-09 CSS Planning Estimates

08-17 Initial Steps Toward Integrated Mental Health System

08-16 Plan Update Guidelines for FY 2008-09 Addendum-Modified Process

08-12 CSS and GSD Housing

08-11 Assignment of CSS Funds for the MHSA Housing Program

08-10 CSS Plan Update Guidelines for FY 2008-09

08-08 Implementation Progress Report for the CSS Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan for Calendar Year 2007

08-05 CSS GSD Housing-Superseded by 08-12

08-02 Planning Estimates for the CSS Component (FY 2008-09) and the CFTN Component (FY 2007-08) of MHSA

Enclosure 1 - Annual FY 2008-09 CSS Planning Estimates

07-25 MHSA Fiscal Policy Changes

07-21 Additional One-Time Funding Augmentation to Expand Local Mental Health Services

07-11 Modifications to the Procedures Specific to Vey Small Counties Pertinent to the CSS Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan

07-04 MHSA CSS Housing Expenditure Change

07-02 Implementation Progress Report for the Initial Three-Year Program and Plan for CSS

06-15 Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Performance Contract Amendment Process for the Community Services and Supports Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan

06-13 Allowable Use of CSS Funding for Enhancement of Local Infrastructure

06-08 Initial Mental Health Services Act Contract-CSS

05-05MHSA CSS Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan Requirement-FSP Addendum FY- 05/06, 06/07, 07/08

Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI)

The PEI component funds programs designed to prevent mental illnesses from becoming severe and disabling, with an emphasis on improving timely access to services for underserved.

W&I Code

5840 Prevention and Early Intervention Programs

5840.5 Prevention and Early Intervention Program Planning

5845 Oversight and Accountability

5846 Oversight and Accountability

5847 Oversight and Accountability

5890 Mental Health Services Fund

5892 Mental Health Services Fund

5898 Mental Health Services Fund

Title 9 CCR

3200.244 Prevention and Early Intervention Account" or “PEI Account

3200.245 Prevention and Early Intervention Component

3200.246 Prevention and Early Intervention Funds

3700 Rule of General Application

3701 Definitions

3705 Prevention and Early Intervention Component General Requirements

3706 General Requirements for Services

3710 Early Intervention Program

3715 Outreach for Increasing Recognition of Early Signs of Mental Illness

3720 Prevention Program

3725 Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Program

3726 Access and Linkage to Treatment Program

3730 Suicide Prevention Programs

3735 Prevention and Early Intervention Strategies

3740 Effective Methods

3745 Changed Program

3750 Prevention and Early Intervention Component Evaluation

3755 Prevention and Early Intervention Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan and Annual Update

3755.010 Prevention and Early Intervention Program Change Report

Historical Information Notices

08-37 Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Funds for Training, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Statewide Projects

08-36 Mental Health Services Act Planning Estimates for Fiscal Year 2009/10

08-27 Increased Level of Funding for Community Program Planning Activities and Funding Augmentation to the MHSA PEI Planning Estimates (FY  2008-09)

08-23 PEI Projects - Change in Designation of "Alternate Programs," Clarification of "Underserved Cultural Populations" as a Priority Population, and Modification of Timeline for Transferring a CSS Program to PEI  

07-19 MHSA PEI Component — Proposed Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan Guidelines, FYs 2007-08 and 2008-09

07-19 Enclosure 1- Proposed Guidelines PEI Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan

07-19 Enclosure 5- MHSA and PEI Planning Estimates FY 2007-08 and 2008-09

07-17 County Funding Request for MHSA  PEI - Community Program Planning Funds

Innovation (INN)

The INN component funds projects designed to test time-limited new or changing mental health practices that have not yet been demonstrated as effective. The purpose of the INN component is to infuse new, effective mental health approaches into the mental health system, both for the originating county and throughout California. These projects may focus on increasing access to underserved groups, increasing the quality of services including measurable outcomes, promoting interagency and community collaboration, or increasing access to mental health services. AB 1467, chaptered in June 2012, reinstated the MHSOAC's authority to approve county Innovation plans.

W&I Code

5830 Innovative programs

5846 Oversight and Accountability

5892(h) Mental Health Services Fund

Title 9 CCR

3200.181 Innovation Account or INN Account

3200.182 Innovation Component

3200.183 Innovation Funds

3200.184 Innovative Project

3900 Rule of General Application

3905 Required Approval

3910 Innovative Project General Requirements

3910.010 Time-Limited Pilot Project

3910.015 Continuation of an Innovative Project

3910.020 Early Termination of an Innovative Project

3915 Innovative Project Evaluation

3925 Changed Innovative Project

3930 Innovation Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan and Annual Update

3935 Innovative Project Change Request

​Historical Information Notices

​11-15 Calculation of Reversion of MHSA INN Component Funds

09-02 Proposed Guidelines for the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Innovation Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan

Capital Facilities and Technological Needs (CFTN)

The CFTN component funds projects designed to enhance the infrastructure needed to support the behavioral health system, which includes improving or replacing existing technology systems and/or developing capital facilities to meet increased needs of the local mental health system.

W&I Code

5845 Oversight And Accountability

5846 Oversight And Accountability

5847 Oversight And Accountability; Integrated Plans for Prevention, Innovation, and System of Care Services.

5892 Mental Health Services Fund

5898 Mental Health Services Fund

Title 9 CCR

3200.022 Capital Facilities and Technological Needs (CFTN)

3200.025 Capital Facilities and Technological Needs Account or CFTN   Account

​Historical Information Notices

​08-21 Funding Augmentation to the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Capital Facilities and Technological Needs and Additional Information for Request for Pre-Development Funding for Capital Facilities

Enclosure 1

08-09 MHSA Capital Facilities and Technological Needs Component-3 Year Program and Expenditure Plan Guidelines

Enclosure 1

Workforce Education and Training (WET)

The WET component funds are used to fund programs designed to enhance the public mental health workforce.

W&I Code

5820 Human Resources, Education, and Training Programs

5821 Human Resources, Education, and Training Programs

5822 Human Resources, Education, and Training Programs

5847 Oversight And Accountability; Integrated Plans for Prevention, Innovation, and System of Care Services

5892 Mental Health Services Fund

5898 Mental Health Services Fund

Title 9 CCR

3200.320 Workforce Education and Training

3200.323 Workforce Education and Training Account or WET Account

3200.325 Workforce Staffing Support Funding Category

3810 General Workforce Education and Training Requirements

3820 Workforce Education and Training Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan

3830 Workforce Needs Assessment

3840 Workforce Education and Training Funding Categories

3841 Training and Technical Assistance Funding Category

3842 Mental Health Career Pathway Programs Funding Category

3843 Residency and Internship Programs Funding Category

3844 Financial Incentive Programs Funding Category

3844.1 Stipends

3845 Workforce Staffing Support Funding Category

3850 Mental Health Loan Assumption Program

3851 Terms of Mental Health Loan Assumption

3851.1 Eligible Educational Loans

3852 Selection Process

3853 Requirements for Participation

3854 Application Requirements

3854.1 Mental Health Loan Assumption Application

3854.2 Mental Health Loan Assumption Agreement

3856 Participation Compliance

​Historical Information Notices

​11-13 Implementation of the MHLAP FY 2011-12

10-27 Implementation of the MHLAP FY 2010-11

09-19 Implementation of the MHLAP FY 2009-10

09-03 Implementation of the MHLAP FY 2008-09

08-20​ Request for Application for Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Workforce Education an​d Training Funding for Regional Partnerships

08-13 Funding Augmentation to the MHSA WET Component

07-14 MHSA WET Component - Proposed Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan Guidelines, FYs 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2008-09​

07-06 County Funding Request for MHSA WET Planning and Early Implementation Funding

 

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