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(707) 481-7965

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Sonoma County Peer Council

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A Diverse Collaborative Learning Community

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Welcome!

Vision

A world in which the inherent worth and dignity of every person is valued and respected

UBUNTU

 “In Africa there is a concept known as ‘ubuntu’ – the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others; that if we are to accomplish anything in this world it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievement of others.”

— Nelson Mandela 


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Contact Us

Welcome !

We would love to hear from you. Please contact us with any questions, comments, or inquiries you may have. 

Sonoma County Peer Council

Sonoma County, CA 94952 US

(707) 481-7965

Monthly Listening Circles

Building Beloved Community Circle (TBD)

Day: 

Time: 

Location: 

Contact: Carol West (707) 481-76965 

carolwestchw@gmail.com



Special Interest Circles (TBD)

Organizational development of  peer council

SCBH Three year Plan

Funding for Peer Centers 

Housing

Peer Respite

Alternatives to Mental Health Jail 

LGBTQ+ 

Other?

 




Framework

Intentional Peer Support ( Shery Mead)

3 Principles 

  • From helping to learning together
  • From  a focus on the individual to a focus on  relationships
  • Move from fear towards hope and possibility


4 Tasks

  • Connect
  • Worldview
  • Mutual Respect
  • Moving Towards

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Appreciative Inquiry

Positive Core

  •  Stay curious  
  • Assume best intentions
  • Listen deeply
  • Be open to having our perspectives changed



5 D Cycle of Appreciative Inquiry 


  • Define
  • Discover
  • Dream
  • Design
  • Destiny

 

Mental Health Service Act (MHSA)

The MHSA requires meaningful and ongoing stakeholder involvement in public mental health program planning, development, oversight, implementation, services delivery, and evaluation. 


MHSA General Standards 

  1. Community Collaboration (9 CCR § 3200.060)
  2. Cultural Competence (9 CCR § 3200.100) 
  3. Client Driven (9 CCR § 3200.050) 
  4. Family Driven (9 CCR § 3200.120)
  5. Wellness, Recovery, and Resilience Focused (WIC § 5813.5(d))
  6. 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: 


  1. To promote concepts key to the recovery for individuals who have mental illness: hope, personal empowerment, respect, social connections, self-responsibility, and self-determination. 
  2.  To promote consumer-operated services as a way to support recovery. 
  3. To reflect the cultural, ethnic, and racial diversity of mental health consumers. 
  4. 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)).  


Inspiration

Outreach

Widening the circle

  We are  stronger together


Outreach will be done by mental health peers trained in Intentional Peer Support (IPS)  and outreach skills 


We will reach out to marginalized and under served   individuals and communities


We will practice  community based collaborative learning in safe community based settings 


Create a safe supportive space with structured techniques to help ensure that a diversity of communities are reached and that silent voices are heard  


Enable “Code Shifting “ to share information across service silos  


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Diversity: We are Stronger together


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