Governor Newsom’s Fiscal Year 2019-20 State Budget – Mental Health Issues
January 15, 2019County 1991 Realignment Mental Health Growth Restoration ($84 million GF): The Governor proposes to increase General Fund support for the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program by $241.7 million and discontinue the redirection of counties’ 1991 Realignment Mental Health Growth and county indigent health revenues. As a result, counties could receive an estimated $84 million in more »
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Monthly Mental Health Story: Irene Sherman
January 7, 2019My son, Joe, now 56 years old, had such promise as a youth. When he was in elementary school, he made up board games that were very complex but also intrigued all the neighborhood children. He also organized dog shows, a summer weekly newspaper and an elaborate annual Halloween haunted house in our garage. He more »
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Upcoming Cultural Competence Webinar Series Announced
December 13, 2018NAMI California’s three-part Cultural and Linguistic Competence Online Curriculum was created with support from the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) to enhance NAMI affiliate and community partners’ capacity to better serve and meaningfully engage diverse racial/ethnic communities. Diversity encompasses understanding, respecting, embracing, preserving, and celebrating experiences and perspectives that are different from our own. more »
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