Plan for Mental Health Services Act Workforce Education and Training Funding Available for Public Review and Comment
For
Immediate Release: April 3, 2008
Contact: Howard
Sutter (714) 834-2178
(Santa Ana) - The Orange County Health Care Agency’s draft plan to seek $8.2 million in Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Workforce Education and Training funding is now available for public review and comment during a thirty-day period ending May 2, 2008.
The MHSA Workforce Education and Training Plan includes nineteen separate programs/projects aimed at increasing the diversity of the public mental health workforce in Orange County. The plan is also designed to increase the number of culturally competent licensed, non-licensed and paraprofessional staff available to provide mental health services that are wellness, recovery, and resilience-focused, and client/family member-driven.
The Plan was developed through an extensive community stakeholder process guided by an advisory group. Input was collected from approximately thirty focus groups composed of a wide variety of stakeholders, including educational institutions, law enforcement, service providers for each age group, underserved ethnic/linguistic minority populations, and special communities, such as the deaf and hard of hearing.
A copy of the Plan and a Comment Form is posted on the MHSA website at
www.ochealthinfo.com/mhsa. Copies are also available from the Health Care Agency MHSA Training Office, 600 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Suite 510, Santa Ana 92701. Orange County’s Mental Health Board will hold a Public Hearing on the plan Thursday, May 8 beginning at 9 a.m. at the Orange County Hall of Administration, 333 W. Santa Ana Boulevard, Santa Ana
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