Mental Health Board Meeting

The Sonoma County Mental Health Board is an advisory board empowered to listen to the concerns of our constituents and to help formulates policies that offer a consistent continuum of care for all those with mental health challenges. We are further empowered to advise the County Board of Supervisors on the Mental Health System of Care.

The Sonoma County Mental Health Board collaborates with the Mental Health Services Division of the Sonoma County Department of Health Services to increase public and professional awareness of persons with mental health challenges and to help eliminate the stigma attached to those mental illness. We strive to positively impact the mental health system by listening to public input and working with Mental Health Services to create policy that will offer hope to families and individuals living with mental illness.

Agenda

(TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE)

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

5:05 p.m.        APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING(S) – June 21^st and June 25^th retreat minutes

5:10 p.m.        CONSUMER AFFAIRS REPORT – Michael Reynolds/Sean Kelson, Consumer news, issues, and concerns          

5:15 p.m.        PUBLIC COMMENTS/CONCERNS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS/IMPACT OF RACIAL DISPARITIES
(Please limit to 3 minutes per speaker)

5:30 p.m.       MHB CHAIR’S REPORT – Three vacancies; one in District 2 (Rabbit) and two in District 5 (Hopkins).

5:35 p.m.        ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SCBH STAFF: TBD

5:45 p.m.        BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DIRECTOR’S REPORT/ BH FISCAL UPDATE (BUDGET PROPOSALS)/MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM UPDATES – Dr. Jan Cobaleda-Kegler

6:00p.m.        SPECIAL PRESENTATION:

South County Presentation – Michael Reynolds

6:50 p.m.        OTHER REPORTS:

• Fall Retreat Dates and Presenter confirmation
• Site Visit Committee-volunteers needed for site visits and to review documents

6:55 p.m.        WRAP-UP

7:00 p.m.        ADJOURNMENT

NOTE: 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 201, during normal business hours, 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., weekdays.

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

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.