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Sonoma County Peer Council

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A Diverse Collaborative Learning Community

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Special Interest Groups (SPIGS) Overview

#Masks4All

Justice + Egalitarian Peer Organization

Organizational Development

As the number of people exposed to corona virus increases asymptomatic spread of corona virus is a significant cause COVID-19 illness and death.  Encouraging the wearing of a face covering that covers the mouth and nose when out in public, in conjunction with existing measures of social distancing and hand washing, will help reduce the spread of corona virus. 


  • Resources for home made masks
  • Research/data
  • Advocacy for nose and mouth covering  in public spaces


Organizational Development

Justice + Egalitarian Peer Organization

Organizational Development

Brief Description: 

  • Facilitate formation and implementation of group process guidelines / discomfort agreements 
  • Facilitate the collaborative building of a sustainable organizational structure  for SoCo Peer Council

Contact:  Carol West  carolwestchw@gmail.com

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Members of SPIG


  • Carol West
  • Amy Breckenridge
  • Claire Newman
  • Lana Zientek
  • Maureen DeSantis
  • Healther Jerde



Justice + Egalitarian Peer Organization

Justice + Egalitarian Peer Organization

Justice + Egalitarian Peer Organization

Brief Description:

  •  Justice + Egalitarian Peer Organization 


Contact: TBD 

Members of SPIG

  • Maureen DeSantis
  • Amy Breckenridge
  • Jennifer Finn
  • Linda Picton ( ANT Biddy)
  • Todd Meyers
  • Claire Newman
  • Carol West
  • Vivian Sedney
  • Heather Jerde 



Events

Linkage Liaisons

Justice + Egalitarian Peer Organization

 Brief description: 

  • Official Launching the SoCO Peer Council - "Meet and Greet" November 2019
  • So Co Peer Council conference "Honoring the Peer Movement and the Vision from Here" TBD  2020 

Contact: TBD

Members 

  • Carol West 
  • Amy Breckenridge
  • Claire Newman
  • Maureen DeSantos
  • Kalia Musseter

Outreach

Linkage Liaisons

Linkage Liaisons

 Brief description: 

  • Widening the circle
  • Invitations to diverse voices
  • Seek out quiet /marginalized voices

Contact: TBD

Members of SPIG:

  • Carol West

Linkage Liaisons

Linkage Liaisons

Linkage Liaisons

Brief description:  

  • Identify key Sonoma County partners
  • Build personal relationships
  • Attend stakeholder meetings
  • Train and promote peers to join decision making organisations' boards
  • Identify state level advocates for behavioral health equity and social justice
  • Attend advocacy training, webinars and conferences

Contact: TBD

Members of SPIG:

  • Carol West

Support for Peer Services (RFP)

Support for Peer Services (RFP)

Support for Peer Services (RFP)

Brief description: 

  • RFP
  • Sustainable Funding
  • Peer Values and Ethics
  • Recovery model

Members of SPIG:

  • Jeni Stum
  • Vivian Sedney
  • Claire Newman
  • Amy Breckenridge
  • Lana Zientek
  • Maureen DeSantis
  • Sam Tuttelman 
  • Carol West

Contact:  TBD

Next meeting (TBC)

December  6, 2019

 10 am -12 noon 


Peer Training and Employment

Support for Peer Services (RFP)

Support for Peer Services (RFP)

Brief description: 

Contact: TBD


Members of SPIG

  • Jennnifer Finn
  • Carol West

Spirituality

Support for Peer Services (RFP)

Mentors /Champions

 Brief Description:

California Mental Health and Spirituality Initiative 

Contact: TBD

Members:


Mentors /Champions

Mentors /Champions

Mentors /Champions

Brief description: 

People who do not identify as peers but are  champions for mental health justice and equity 

Contact: TBD

Members of SPIG

  • Susan Keller 
  • Sam Tuttelman

Organizational Development (SPIG)

Update

This is a long form text area designed for your content that you can fill up with as many words as your heart desires. You can write articles, long mission statements, company policies, executive profiles, company awards/distinctions, office locations, shareholder reports, whitepapers, media mentions and other pieces of content that don’t fit into a shorter, more succinct space.


Articles – Good topics for articles include anything related to your company – recent changes to operations, the latest company softball game – or the industry you’re in. General business trends (think national and even international) are great article fodder, too.


Mission statements – You can tell a lot about a company by its mission statement. Don’t have one? Now might be a good time to create one and post it here. A good mission statement tells you what drives a company to do what it does.


Company policies – Are there company policies that are particularly important to your business? Perhaps your unlimited paternity/maternity leave policy has endeared you to employees across the company. This is a good place to talk about that.


Executive profiles – A company is only as strong as its executive leadership. This is a good place to show off who’s occupying the corner offices. Write a nice bio about each executive that includes what they do, how long they’ve been at it, and what got them to where they are.

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Alternatives to Mental Health Jail (SPIG)

Update

Background 


Behavioral Health Housing Unit 


As part of the 2014-15 State Budget Package, $500 million in lease revenue bonds was authorized state-wide through Senate Bill 863 to address local jail construction and programming space needs. The County of Sonoma was successful in its application for SB-863 funding and in November, 2015 was conditionally awarded 40 million dollars to construct a Behavioral Health Housing Unit (BHHU) adjacent to the Main Adult Detention Facility. The total current project budget for the SB-863 Lease Bond Revenue project is $44,675,000. 


 The County, utilizing a Design-Build delivery model, is currently developing the design and specification package and is working with the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to meet State project requirements and deadlines. The facility will be up to 32,800 square feet and contain 48 cells and housing 72 Offenders with special management mental health needs. Bridging Architects- DLR and Construction Manager- Kitchell, in conjunction with County staff comprising the County Administrator’s Office, Department of Health Services, Sheriff Office, County Counsel and General Services, is currently developing the architecture and programming requirements for the new facility. The design team is placing a strong emphasis on natural light, fresh air, greenspace, renewable resources, and access to therapeutic best-practices. 


 With ground breaking in 2018 and completion in 2019, the Behavioral Health Housing Unit will provide safety and security enhancements with better mental health treatment for existing inmates, alleviating strains on mental health treatment at existing County detention facilities, with no net-gain in total County inmate population. 


Jail is largest psychiatric facility in Sonoma County PD Aug 12 , 2017


New Sonoma County jail wing seeks to improve care for mentally ill inmates PD Aug, 12, 2017

Lt. Bryan Cleek, planning and research manager for the detention division of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office,

 Last spring,(2016) the Sheriff’s Office ended its more than three-decade relationship with the county mental health division, which provided psychiatric services to jail inmates. The jail will now outsource mental health services to the California Forensic Medical Group, or CFMG, a for-profit company that has provided general medical services at the jail since 2000. 


 

Mental Health Core Deputy 


Correctional Deputies who demonstrate strong communication skills, patience, safety and a willingness to work in a potentially dangerous and stressful environment are selected to work in the modules.  These Deputies receive training and mentoring geared towards enhancing their abilities to be successful in providing the best care and supervision to these inmates.  Inmates housed within the Detention Facility’s modules who are being treated for mental illness are assigned an Internal Behavior Code (IBC).  The IBC assigned to inmates is used to describe their ability to care for themselves and function within the module.


Detention Alternatives Deputy 


The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office offers qualified inmates the opportunity to participate in the Electronic Monitoring Program. The Detention Alternatives Deputy works independently with inmates that qualify for this program. This program allows for the privilege of serving court ordered sentences in a non-traditional manner.  In lieu of incarceration, inmates are afforded the opportunity to continue education, treatment and/or employment enabling them to support themselves and their families.  Not all inmates are acceptable for the Electronic Monitoring Program.  A thorough background investigation is completed on each applicant to assess any apparent threat to the community or likelihood of re-offending.  The goal of the program is to allow inmates the potential to remain productive members of society while maintaining the safety of the general public, staff and participating offenders.


 

When Your Loved One Is Arrested: Steps To Take  A Practical Guide


 Sonoma County Jail (707)  565-1400

 


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Peer Center Sustainability (SPIG)

Update

Sonoma County Behavioral Health (SCBH) is in negotiations with West County Services to become the new contractor to take over from Goodwill on June 30 2020. This will be a 3 year contract 


Next meeting: 

Dec 20,  2019 

 Weekly  Fridays 10-12 

 ( Update to be presented at Peer Council General meeting Friday 20 5-7pm )

55 Ridgway  #A Santa Rosa

Contact:   sonomacountypeercouncil@gmail.com ( 707) 481-7965


December 13, 2019

Amy Breckenridge appointed by SCBH to serve on the RFP Scoring committee

Reviewed Current contract between GIRE and County as a potential template for the new RFP/contract for june 2020 

Brainstormed best case choices from the group and areas of concern

Updates to be taken to Peer Council General meeting Dec 20  5-7pm 


December  10, 2019

Meeting with SCBH cancelled by SCBH  and postponed till Jan 7, 20120


December 6,  2019

Learning Circle: Sam Tuttelman "What is a Request for Proposal?"

Preparations for meeting of Peer Council reps Carol West and Claire Newman with SCBH Bill Carter  SCBH Director and Melissa Ladrech MHSA Administrator


Notes from meetings are available and open for your review.


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Justice + Egalitarian Peer Organization

Update

Several of the people who attended the first Peer Council Listening Circle on November 22nd  expressed an interest in justice and egalitarian peer organization. This is an important, central underlying principle that we hope to embody in the organizational development of this peer council .


Definition and history of Cooperatives 


One participant shared a great example of how this organizing principle can and does exist as a successful model  in the bay area. 


Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives

Those of you who are interested in just and egalitarian organizational development are encouraged to visit this website 


Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta


Arizmendi is the shortened name of Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta, a young priest who inspired and helped found the Mondragon Cooperatives in the Basque Country of Spain. Although worker cooperatives have functioned in most parts of the world since the 19th century, the success of the Mondragon Cooperatives has attracted worldwide attention. What started as one firm and roughly 25 people in 1956 is now a major international business with a work force of over 34,000, employed in some 100 worker-owned enterprises and affiliated organizations. These cooperatives continue to be inspired by Arizmendi’s belief that worker ownership and participation in the workplace should be an integral part of a just and democratic society. Through their financial, technical and organizational alliances, the Mondragn Cooperative Corporation helps develop new businesses, supports existing ones, and facilitates mutual support among member cooperatives. The name Arizmendi acknowledges his inspiration in our effort to expand democratically owned and operated workplaces.


Regional, national & international organizations dedicated to supporting cooperative development:

Network of Bay Area Cooperatives: http://nobawc.org/

California Center for Cooperative Development: http://www.cccd.coop/

Western Worker Cooperative Conference: http://wwcc.coop/

Eastern Worker Cooperative Conference: http://east.usworker.coop/

US Federation of Worker Cooperatives: https://usworker.coop/

Democracy at Work Institute: http://institute.usworker.coop/

International Cooperative Alliance: http://ica.coop/


Other Helpful Resources:

http://lacooplab.aulacourses.com/resources/


Those of you who are interested in just and egalitarian organizational development are encouraged to explore these resources and bring others to the groups attention.

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