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Community Services and Supports (CSS)
MHSA is a ballot measure passed by California voters in November 2004, that provides new funding for public mental health services. This funding provides for an expansion and transformation of the public mental health system and expects to achieve results such as a reduction in incarcerations, school failures, unemployment and homelessness for individuals with severe mental illness. The State Department of Mental Health approved the Riverside County Community Services and Support (CSS) Plan in June of 2006 which will provide the resources necessary to begin implementation of the new services.
The CSS Plan was developed through a twelve-month extensive community planning process that included 81 community focus groups, 20 specialty focus groups, 4 public forums, 3 public hearings and numerous written surveys. The Department estimates that it heard from over 1200 individuals in the planning process including consumers, family members, the court system, law enforcement agencies, human services agencies, and organizations and groups that advocate for and support the mentally health needs of our County residents.
Services through the CSS Plan are community based, focused on recovery, culturally competent, and include consumers and family members in treatment service provision. Funding can only be used for voluntary services and no less than 50% must be targeted to “full service partnerships (FSP). FSP provides wraparound-type services to help the most severely mentally ill clients and their families, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. These wraparound services include treatment, case management, transportation, housing, crisis intervention, education, vocational training and employment services, as well as socialization and recreational activities, based upon the individual needs for successful treatment outcomes. MHSA funds can not be used to supplant programs that existed prior to November 2004.
The seriously mentally ill populations given priority for services includes the homeless, juvenile halls and jails, high users of crisis and hospital services, and those at risk of institutionalization and placement. The programs through MHSA must include services for all ages and include: Children (0-16), Transition Age Youth (16-25), Adults (26-59), and Older Adults (60+).
On January 10, 2006 the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the final Community Services and Support Three-Year Expenditure Plan. Please click the link to view the Plan in its final form. This is the second component of the Mental Health Services Act, passed by California voters as Proposition 63 in November 2004. These CSS services and supports are designed to enhance mental health services for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and for transition age youth, adults, and older adults with serious mental illness.
Final requested revisions of the Plan were received at the state level on May 9, 2006. The Department of Mental Health is pleased to announce that on July 6, 2006 we received our letter of approval for the MHSA CSS Plan from the State of California. The State has approved all of our proposed programs and the department will be funded as of June 1, 2006. We are now moving forward with all of the planned activities.
The department wishes to extend its gratitude to all that participated in the development of the MHSA Community Services and Support Plan. We especially thank the consumers and family members that spent hours on committees providing their input along with all other interested stakeholders. It has been a tremendous effort by many, many people over the past 15 months. This approval is a major milestone that the department wishes to acknowledge. It has been a great community and department partnership that has made us well positioned to move ahead successfully with implementation.
MHSA Community Services and Supports
• MHSA CSS Letter of Introduction / MHSA CSS Carta de introducción
• MHSA CSS Executive Summary / MHSA CSS Resumen Ejecutivo
• MHSA Community Services and Support CSS Plan - Part-I
• MHSA Community Services and Support CSS Plan - Part-II-A
• MHSA Community Services and Support CSS Plan - Part-II-B
• MHSA Community Services and Support CSS Plan - Part-III-A
• MHSA Community Services and Support CSS Plan - Part-III-B
• MHSA CSS Revisions May 9, 2006
• MHSA CSS Feedback Form (online) / (printable)
• MHSA CSS Formulario de Comentarios/Sugerencias (en línea) / (imprimible) – text in Spanish
PREVIOUSLY POSTED DOCUMENTS OF THE MHSA CSS PLAN
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