The California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS), along
with the Department of Health Care Services and the Judicial
Council of California, will convene the third Community
Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Working Group
meeting on August 9 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
A
provision of the CARE Act requires CalHHS to convene a
working group to provide coordination and on-going engagement
with, and support collaboration among, relevant state and local
partners and other stakeholders throughout the phases of county
implementation to support the successful implementation of the
CARE Act. The Working Group is to meet no more than quarterly and
is to end no later than December 31, 2026.
Topics to be discussed at the August 9 meeting include:
CARE Act implementation update.
Updates on Cohort 1 County implementation.
A presentation on research related to solutions to shift care
from the criminal legal system to the mental health care system.
Updates on Ad Hoc Sub-Groups.
A panel on supported decision-making, psychiatric directives,
and the role of the supporter
A discussion on the development of CARE Act communication
tools
The meeting notice, agenda, and zoom link are posted
here. More information, including materials from the previous
Working Group meetings, is available on the CARE Act Working
Group
webpage.
