The MHSA requires meaningful and ongoing stakeholder involvement in public mental health program planning, development, oversight, implementation, services delivery, and evaluation.
MHSA General Standards
- Community Collaboration (9 CCR § 3200.060)
- Cultural Competence (9 CCR § 3200.100)
- Client Driven (9 CCR § 3200.050)
- Family Driven (9 CCR § 3200.120)
- Wellness, Recovery, and Resilience Focused (WIC § 5813.5(d))
- Integrated Service Experience (9 CCR § 3200.190)
9 CCR § 3200.050 “Client Driven” MHSA puts clients in the driver’s seat:
- Clients have the primary decision making role in identifying their needs, preferences and strengths and a shared decision-making role in determining the services and supports that are most effective and helpful for them.
- Programs and services use clients’ input as the main factor for planning, policies, procedures, service delivery, evaluation and the definition and determination of outcomes
WIC § 5813.5(d) Planning for [MHSA-funded] services shall be consistent with the philosophy, principles, and practices of the Recovery Vision for mental health consumers:
- To promote concepts key to the recovery for individuals who have mental illness: hope, personal empowerment, respect, social connections, self-responsibility, and self-determination.
- To promote consumer-operated services as a way to support recovery.
- To reflect the cultural, ethnic, and racial diversity of mental health consumers.
- To plan for each consumer's individual needs.
9 CCR § 3200.120: “Integrated Service Experience”
Client, and when appropriate the client's family, accesses a full range of services provided by multiple agencies,
programs and funding sources in a comprehensive and coordinated manner.
- Provides “seamless” services
- Delivers/coordinates services through a single agency or system of care
- Includes multi-agency programs and joint planning
- Focuses on self-sufficiency (adults) and safe family living (children and youth)
Counties may allocate up to 5% of their total annual MHSA fund for the Community Program Planning Process (WIC § 5892(c); 9 CCR § 3300(d)).
