CSAC would like to share that the Council on Criminal Justice and
Behavioral Health (CCJBH) will host a series on Suicide
Prevention and Substance Use Disorder Recovery Month. The Week 1
Presentation will be presented by the California Department of
Public Health’s (CDPH) Office of Suicide Prevention (OSP).
Learn more here.
For those interested, CSAC would like to share an upcoming
webinar on Targeted Violence Prevention offered by the California
Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) Homeland Security Division.
These informational sessions are intended to connect
professionals from state and local government, education,
community-based organizations, and law enforcement with resources
designed to prevent targeted violence.
The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is hosting three
office hour sessions for counties and cities to ask the DHCS team
questions on the Opioid Settlement Expenditure Reporting Form.
These sessions are intended to be an informal opportunity to gain
additional clarification.
Those interested in attending sessions are required to register
in advance. Log-in information will be sent to registered
participants a day before each session.
For those who applied to attend the upcoming Council of State
Governments (CSG) Justice Center three-session virtual community
of practice (CoP), Reducing Housing Barriers to Jail Diversion
CoP, this serves as a friendly reminder that the next CoP session
will be held on August 28 from 2:00—3:30pm ET via
Zoom.
Session dates for the CoP will take place
from 2:00—3:30 p.m. ETvia
Zoom web meeting and will be held on the following
dates:
For those interested, please see the Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) August 2, 2024, update regarding live training webinars for the CalAIM-JI program:
Medi-Cal’s Outreach and Education department, along with the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), are offering live training webinars pertaining to program policy and coverage for the Justice-Involved (JI) 90-day pre-release services.
The webinars will be presented on the following dates for the following provider groups:
An updated payment sheet of all Janssen and Distributor
Settlement payments allocated to cities and counties through
June 30th, 2024 is now live on the DHCS webpage. The updated payment sheet
organizes payments into separate tabs for FY 2022-2023 and FY
2023-2024.
CSAC would like to notify counties of important updates included
in the Department of State Hospitals’ (DSH) Felony Incompetent to
Stand Trial (IST) Growth Cap Quarter 4 Progress Report. Please
see attached PDFs for additional information.
The intent of the progress report is to provide counties with
quarterly updates on how the current year trend of felony IST
determinations compares to baseline trends so counties have an
opportunity to take action that could result in preventing cap
overages and potential funding redirection.
CSAC would like to provide an update as shared by the Council on
Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health (CCJBH): This year marks
the beginning of the implementation of pioneering policies
allowing Medicaid to cover certain pre-release reentry services.
These developments are occurring through state-level Medicaid
section 1115 reentry demonstrations and new nationwide mandates
aimed at connecting youth and young adults to essential services
during reentry.
CSAC would like to share an OSPD invitation to attend the next
Virtual Quarterly Meeting on Indigent
Defense for county administrators, data analysts
and other county leaders interested in discussing their indigent
defense systems with others from around the state. The
meeting will be hosted by the OSPD on Wednesday, July
17th from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
This meeting will explore what resources are available for
counties, including
For those interested, CSAC would like to share that the materials
from the recent Department of State Hospitals (DSH) webinar on
the IST Growth Cap & Expenditure Plan are now available online.
Access content via the following links on DSH’s Growth
Cap website under Training & Technical Assistance:
