Sonoma County, California 94952, United States
webinar: SB 803 passed- What now?
October 26, 2020 10:30am
CAMHPRO: LEAD Webinar - SB803 Passes: What Now?!
What is Covered & Next Steps for Peer Certification in California Web Meeting
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Oct. 26, 2020
Get answers to your questions, and learn what the next steps are going to be, from policymakers and advocates who contributed to the establishment of California's first Peer Certification program.
Sally Zinman of CAMHPRO
Response Panel:
Elia Gallardo, CBHDA
Keris Myrick, L.A. County DMH
Steinberg Institute (invited)
Next Steps:
Richard Krzyzanowski,
Public Policy Committee Chair
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Peer Support Quotes
Keris Jän Myrick (R) with mentor Jackie McKinney (L)
Keris Jän Myrick (R) with mentor Jackie McKinney (L)
Keris Jän Myrick (R) with mentor Jackie McKinney (L)
“I was looking for someone like me,”
“We have been through crises. We have been through hell and back. And we use those experiences to help others.”
Peter Murphy
Keris Jän Myrick (R) with mentor Jackie McKinney (L)
Keris Jän Myrick (R) with mentor Jackie McKinney (L)
"Peer support gives people a chance to be heard and understood. "
Sally Zinman
Keris Jän Myrick (R) with mentor Jackie McKinney (L)
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“It is time that peers are validated as an essential and professional part of the behavioral health workforce,”
Sally Zinman, Executive Director of California Association of Mental Health Peer Run Organizations (CAMHPRO).
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Official Endosements of peer support
Michelle Doty Cabrera - executive director (CBHDA).
Michelle Doty Cabrera - executive director (CBHDA).
Michelle Doty Cabrera - executive director (CBHDA).
“California has an important opportunity to deliver quality, cost-effective, evidence-based mental health services and add diversity to our mental health workforce by certifying Peer Support Specialists,”
“While California faces a severe shortage of mental health professionals needed to serve our diverse communities, the specific services delivered by trained, supervised peers have shown to improve client outcomes and reduce costs at the same time. But California can only realize these benefits for our mental health clients in Medi-Cal if we join the 48 states that have already recognized the effectiveness of Peer Support Services through certification."
Michelle Doty Cabrera, executive director of the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California (CBHDA).
Senator Jim Beall
Michelle Doty Cabrera - executive director (CBHDA).
Michelle Doty Cabrera - executive director (CBHDA).
“Statewide certification of Peer Support Specialists will save the State money while improving mental health outcomes. The Governor and I have the same goals- help people and use our resources wisely. SB 803 will improve our system in an ongoing, sustainable way.”
Dr. Jonathan Sherin, Director of BH LA
Michelle Doty Cabrera - executive director (CBHDA).
Maggie Merritt, Executive Director of the Steinberg Institute
“LA County looks to expand upon and professionalize its peer support programs in a sustainable manner which will not be possible until we secure statewide certification and a reliable reimbursement mechanism.
Leveraging lived experience through peer support is critical to the service transformation we need in California.
The State must make the most of every resource available to address our mental health crisis; recognizing Peer Support Specialists statewide will be a wise investment.”
Dr. Jonathan Sherin, Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Maggie Merritt, Executive Director of the Steinberg Institute
Maggie Merritt, Executive Director of the Steinberg Institute
Maggie Merritt, Executive Director of the Steinberg Institute
"Research demonstrates that the utilization of qualified peer support specialists has measurable benefits to clients including reduced hospitalizations, improved functioning, and alleviation of depression and other symptoms. The time has come for California to embrace peer support as an evidence-based model and put in place a certification program that will standardize best practices”
Maggie Merritt, Executive Director of the Steinberg Institute, a Sacramento-based non-profit mental health public policy institute.
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Maggie Merritt, Executive Director of the Steinberg Institute
County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
“California has an important opportunity to deliver quality, cost-effective, evidence-based mental health services and add diversity to our mental health workforce by certifying Peer Support Specialists,”
“While California faces a severe shortage of mental health professionals needed to serve our diverse communities, the specific services delivered by trained, supervised peers have shown to improve client outcomes and reduce costs at the same time. But California can only realize these benefits for our mental health clients in Medi-Cal if we join the 48 states that have already recognized the effectiveness of Peer Support Services through certification."
Michelle Doty Cabrera, executive director of the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California (CBHDA).
County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
Maggie Merritt, Executive Director of the Steinberg Institute
County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
