For those intending to attend the upcoming Department of Health
Care Services (DHCS) CalAIM Justice-Involved Learning
Collaborative Webinar 6 covering Pharmacy Policy, please
be advised that the time and date have changed.
UPDATED DATE / TIME: December 12, 2024,
from 10 AM – 12 PM PT.
For those interested, please be advised that the Department of
Health Care Services’ Medi-Cal Outreach and Education team are
offering
live training webinars in December 2024 relating to the
Justice-Involved (JI) Reentry Initiative, and specifically,
policy and coverage for JI 90-day pre-release services.
The live webinars will be offered on the following dates:
On November 4, Attorney General Rob Bonta
announced the completion of an opioid settlement with Kroger,
an American retail company that operates supermarkets and
multi-department stores throughout the United States.
The next CCJBH Full Council Meeting will take place on Friday,
December 6 from 2:00-4:30pm via MS Teams and in-person at 1515 K
St., Suite 550, Sacramento, CA 95814. This meeting will provide
an overview of the Crisis Continuum of Care and the
implementation of AB 988. For those interested, please register here.
For those interested, please be advised as to the following
information shared by the Board of State and Community
Corrections (BSCC) relating to Proposition 47 Grant funding
awards and the new In-Custody Death Review Director, Allison
Ganter.
CSAC would like to relay information for an upcoming webinar on
Equitable Access to Behavioral Health Services for
Justice-Involved Populations, as shared by the Council on
Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health’s (CCJBH) recent
e-newsletter.
Throughout the 2023-2024 Legislative Session, CSAC has kept you
informed about key legislative developments. With Governor
Newsom’s final actions now complete, CSAC will publish a series
of articles highlighting new laws and vetoed bills in each policy
area. This week, our focus is on the Administration
of Justice policy area, covering the impact of
newly enacted legislation on retail theft, fentanyl/opioids, law
enforcement, and more.
CSAC would also like to share advisement for those impacted that
the Opioid Settlement Expenditure Reporting Form will
close next week, on September 30.
For those interested, CSAC would like to highlight several
updates from the Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral
Health’s (CCJBH) recent virtual newsletter. If you are not signed
up to receive CCJBH newsletters but would like to be, please click here.
For those who applied to attend the Council of State Governments
(CSG) Justice Center’s three-session virtual community of
practice (CoP) to explore how communities can better divert
people from jail into stable housing and services, this is a
friendly reminder that the third and final session date is
scheduled for September 25 from 2:00-3:00 PM EST via
Zoom.
CSAC would like to share that the Department of Health Care
Services (DHCS) will host live, virtual Medi-Cal
Justice Involved (JI) Screening Portal Office Hours to
answer any questions providers may have regarding the upcoming
release of the Medi-Cal JI Screening Portal.
Please refer to the following schedule for upcoming events.
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:
CSAC invites those interested to attend the upcoming Full
Council Meeting of the Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral
Health (CCJBH) on Friday, June 28.
CSAC invites those interested to register attending the upcoming
Department of State Hospitals’ (DSH) Incompetent to Stand Trial
(IST) Infrastructure Project Office Hours.
For those interested, CSAC would like to share the following
opportunity:
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office
is pleased to announce that the following grant funding
opportunity is now open and accepting applications: Safer
Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training
for Law Enforcement.
CSAC invites interested individuals to attend two upcoming
Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health (CCJBH)
workgroup meetings on June 7: the Juvenile Justice Workgroup from
12:45 – 2:45 PM, and the Diversion/Reentry Workgroup, from 3:00 –
5:00 PM. You may find additional information and registration
links for both meetings immediately below.
Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health
Juvenile Justice Workgroup
Additional details of the May Revision were released and CSAC
subsequently released the biannual
Budget Action Bulletin (BAB). The Administration of Justice
(AOJ) team compiled a snapshot of items that impact counties:
The BSCC is pleased to announce the Education Workgroup, which
will review minimum standards in
§ 1370 of Title 15 Minimum Standards for Juvenile Facilities
and work together to draft proposed revisions for the
2022 Juvenile Titles 15 and 24 Regulations Revision Executive
Steering Committee’s consideration.
The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) is announcing
the release of the Proposition 47 Request for Proposals (RFP).
This RFP makes approximately $152 million available for a grant
period that covers October 1, 2024, through June 30, 2028.
Eligible applicants are public agencies located in the State of
California.
