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CIMH Policy Forum

Explore concrete examples and strategies for community capacity-building, addressing the adaptive dilemma of declining revenues, increasing costs, and rising mental health issues. Discover how to shift perspectives, connect services to community supports, and nurture shared ownership and leadership.

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CIMH Policy Forum

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  1. CIMH Policy Forum • September 10, 2009 • Breakout Session

  2. Focus for today 2 • Outline components of a community capacity-building change agenda • Share concrete examples of this change agenda in action • Respond to questions and explore the application of this change agenda to other contexts

  3. Core concept: facts and stories 3 • Facts: verified or verifiable • Stories: the meaning we make of facts • Alternative language: movement and story

  4. A core concept: community 4 • A group of individuals who know each other well enough to act together and support each other.

  5. An adaptive dilemma 5 • Flat or declining revenues • Increasing costs • Increasing #’s of people struggling with mental and behavioral health issues

  6. Responding to the adaptive dilemma: A change in perspective 6 • Everyone, not just people in our system or program • Communities and families have primary responsibility for their members’ well-being • Services as a bridge to community supports, not primary or “forever”

  7. A change in action 7 • Helping communities support their members so they don’t need services. • Helping people who already are receiving services connect to the community supports they need so they stay in services for less time.

  8. Some emerging examples 8 • Helping communities support their members so they don’t need services. • Latino Leadership Council • CMAASA • Faith-based initiatives

  9. Promotoras 9 • Network of volunteer and paid Spanish-speaking community health outreach workers • Primary role: First 5, DR, and PH initiatives…etc • MH/AOD issues identified as barriers to primary role

  10. Promotoras: Vision y Compromiso support 10 • Workforce and career development • Linkages and building social capital • Technical assistance • Advocacy • Policy • Research and evaluation • Capacity building • Leadership development Maria Lemus, Executive Director (510) 303-3444

  11. Community Members Against Alcohol & Substance Abuse (CMAASA) 11 • A variety of individuals with the ability to convene Spanish-speaking residents within their community • Invitation is to understand how to move forward with community capacity building in Spanish-speaking communities Gathering at Esther’s home

  12. Faith-based initiatives 12 • Faith-based groups with a existing “recovery” program • Invitation is to expand faith-based recovery in the County, and to enhance what exist to meet the needs of those with a mental illness Gathering at BHRS

  13. Latino Health Fair The catalyst for community involvement

  14. Some emerging examples, cont’d 14 • Helping people who already are receiving services connect to the community supports they need so they stay in services for less time. • Placer story • Stanislaus story

  15. Welcome Center outing to a local baseball game – River Cats

  16. Welcome Center Art Walk • Placer • County • Executive • Offices

  17. A change in leadership 17 • All of these shifts are about building shared ownership and leadership. • Helping staff align with the new story • Helping community leaders align with the new story

  18. A change in leadership, cont’d 18 • A key challenge of leadership is nurturing new actions toward a change in vision. • Helping our bosses align with the new story. • Building structures of engagement anddecision-making.

  19. Group questions 19 • QUESTIONS/RESPONSES

  20. Closing reflections 20

  21. New Learning Collaborative Begins in January 2010 • All Counties are invited to participate in the second round of the Community Capacity-Building Learning Collaborative supported in part by the State Department of Mental Health (DMH) and provided by California Institute of Mental Health (CiMH). • New Format: • First 6 months is supported by State DMH – no cost to counties! (Includes 2 inter-county gatherings and on-site T.A.) • Continued, extensive T.A. is available – counties are asked to augment State DMH funds to participate and to submit a project proposal. (Includes 3 intensive inter-county retreats and extensive on-site T.A.) • Any county that would like to participate in the first six months of the Learning Collaborative is asked to e-mail a completed, brief statement of interest form no later than Monday, January 4th to Stephanie Oprendek at CiMH (soprendek@cimh.org). • Please also contact Stephanie with any questions: (916) 556-3480, Ext. 155.

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