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Mental Health Board Meeting

Date: January 18, 2022

Time: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Registration Required: No

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This meeting’s Zoom webinar audio recording will also be posted on the Mental Health Board web page as an attachment to the minutes.

*UPDATE REGARDING VIEWING AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN MENTAL HEALTH BOARD MEETINGS*

Mental Health Board Meetings will be facilitated virtually through Zoom.

Members of the public can watch or listen to the meeting using one of the two following methods:

1. Join the Zoom meeting application on your computer, tablet or smartphone:

Please click this URL to join:

Go to: https://sonomacounty.zoom.us/j/95067622406?pwd=dGR6TzgzVUNxOE1KSTRQTkhUWHBHQT09

Enter passcode: 806899

This meeting will be audio recorded.

2. Call-in and listen to the meeting:

Dial +1 (669) 900 9128

Enter Webinar ID: 950 6762 2406

Enter passcode: 806899

Email Public Comment Prior to the Meeting:

You may email public comment to DHS- MHB@sonoma-county.org no later than five days prior to the meeting. All emailed public comments will be forwarded to all Board Members. During the meeting, if you have joined as a member of the public in the Zoom app or by calling in, there will be specific points throughout the meeting assigned to public comment.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION:

If you have a disability, which requires an accommodation or an alternative format to assist you in observing and commenting on this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Mental Health Board at (707) 565-4854 or by email DHS-MHB@sonoma-county.org by 12:00 noon the Friday before the meeting to ensure arrangements for accommodation.

The rules for public observation and comment supersede and replace the standard provisions for the duration of the public health emergency.

Agenda

(TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE)

5:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL

5:05 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING(S) – November 16, 2021

5:10 p.m. CONSUMER AFFAIRS REPORT - Consumer news, issues, and concerns –Kate Roberge and/or Guests

5:15 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS/CONCERNS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS/IMPACT OF RACIAL DISPARITIES

(Please limit to 3 minutes per speaker)

5:30 p.m. Special Presentation: Betzy Chavez- East County

6:15 p.m. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DIRECTOR’S REPORT/BH FISCAL UPDATE (BUDGET PROPOSALS)/MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM UPDATES

6:25 p.m. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SCBH STAFF: Elece Hempel

6:30 p.m. OTHER REPORTS : Sid McColley – Crossroads to Hope

6:35 p.m. PEERS COALITION INTERN REPORT on Activities at SRJC

6:40 p.m. MHB CHAIR’S REPORT – three vacancies one in District 2 (Rabbitt), one in District 4 (Gore) and one in District 5 (Hopkins).

6:45 p.m. BOARD Discussion on items not on the agenda

6:55 p.m. WRAP-UP

7:00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT

For information, disability-related modification or accommodation, or to review materials prior to the meeting, please contact Behavioral Health Program Support, Department of Health Services, 2227 Capricorn Way, Suite 207 (mailing), Santa Rosa, CA 95407 (707) 565-4850, Tori.Bartholomew@sonoma-county.org.

Public Comments

You may email public comment to DHS-MHB@sonoma-county.org no later than five days prior to the meeting. All emailed public comments will be forwarded to all Board Members. During the meeting, if you have joined as a member of the public in the Zoom app or by calling in, there will be specific points throughout the meeting assigned to public comment.

Reasonable Accommodation

If you have a disability, which requires an accommodation or an alternative format to assist you in observing and commenting on this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Mental Health Board at (707) 565-4854 or by email DHS-MHB@sonoma-county.org by 12:00 noon the Friday before the meeting to ensure arrangements for accommodation.

Materials

Materials related to an item on the Agenda submitted to the Mental Health Board after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the clerk’s office at 2227 Capricorn Way, Suite 207, Santa Rosa, CA 95407 during normal business hours, 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., weekdays.

Additional Information

For information, disability-related modification or accommodation, or to review materials prior to the meeting, please contact Behavioral Health Program Support, Department of Health Services, 2227 Capricorn Way, Suite 207 (mailing), Santa Rosa, CA  95407 (707) 565-4850, DHS-MHB@sonoma-county.org