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CARE Act Working Group

About

The Community Assistance, Recovery & Empowerment (CARE) Act creates a new pathway to deliver mental health and substance use disorder services to the most severely impaired Californians who too often suffer in homelessness or incarceration without treatment. The purpose of the CARE Act Working Group is 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.

For additional information:

To join the CARE Act listserv, please contact CAREAct@chhs.ca.gov.

Members

  • Al Rowlett – Turning Point Community Programs
  • Amber Irvine – San Diego County Behavioral Health
  • Beau Hennemann – Anthem Blue Cross
  • Bill Stewart – San Diego County Behavioral Health Advisory Board
  • Dr. Brian Hurley – Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC), Los Angeles Department of Public Health
  • Charlene Depner – Center for Families, Children & the Courts, Judicial Council of California
  • Dr. Clayton Chau — National Healthcare & Housing Advisors
  • Deb Roth – Disability Rights California
  • Dhakshike Wickrema – California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency
  • Harold Turner – NAMI Urban Los Angeles
  • Herb Hatanaka – Special Services for Groups
  • Dr. Katherine Warburton – Department of State Hospitals
  • HonMaria Hernandez – Superior Court of Orange County
  • Ivan Bhardwaj – California Department of Health Care Services, Behavioral Health
  • Jenny Bayardo – California Behavioral Health Planning Council
  • Jerry May – San Jose Fire Department, Local 230
  • Jodi Nerell – Sutter Health
  • Keris Jän Myrick – Person with Lived Experience of Schizophrenia Diagnosis
  • Ketra Carter – Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department, City of San Diego
  • Lauren Rettagliata – Family Member
  • Lorin Kline – Legal Aid Association of California
  • Mark Salazar – Mental Health Association of San Francisco
  • Meagan Subers – California Professional Firefighters
  • Monica Morales – Office of Second District Supervisor for Santa Cruz County
  • Ruqayya Ahmad – California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
  • Sarah Jarman – Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department, San Diego Housing Commission
  • Stephanie Welch – California Health and Human Services Agency
  • Susan Holt – Fresno County Behavioral Health
  • Tim Lutz – Sacramento County Health Services
  • Tracie Riggs – Tuolumne County Administration Office
  • DrVeronica Kelley – Orange County Mental Health and Recovery Services
  • Xóchitl Rodriguez Murillo – California Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Zachary Olmstead – California Department of Housing and Community Development

CARE Act Working Group

 

2025 Meeting Dates

Meeting materials will be shared here and via the CARE e-mail listserv. To join the CARE Act listserv, please contact CAREAct@chhs.ca.gov.

  • February 12, 2025: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • May 21, 2025: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • August 27, 2025: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • November 19, 2025: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Updates regarding the CARE Act Working Group will be sent to the CARE Act listserv. To join this listserv, please contact CAREAct@chhs.ca.gov.

November 6, 2024

August 21, 2024

May 1, 2024

February 14, 2024

November 8, 2023

August 9, 2023

May 17, 2023

February 14, 2023

Training, Technical Assistance & Communications Ad Hoc Group

 

2025 Meeting Dates

The January 15, 2024 meeting was cancelled with participants invited to join the January 16, 2025 Services and Supports Ad Hoc Group meeting

  • Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Thursday, June 19, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Training, Technical Assistance & Communications Ad Hoc Group Zoom meeting.

October 16, 2024 meeting was cancelled with participants invited to join the October 17, 2024 Services and Supports Ad Hoc Group meeting

December 18, 2024 meeting was cancelled.

September 18, 2024

July 17, 2024

June 18, 2024

April 17, 2024

March 20, 2024

January 17, 2024

December 1, 2023

October 12, 2023

Data Collection, Reporting & Evaluation Ad Hoc Group

 

2025 Meeting Dates

Data Collection, Reporting & Evaluation Ad Hoc Group  Zoom Meeting.

Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

 

Services & Supports Ad Hoc Group

 

2025 Meeting Dates

Services & Supports Ad Hoc Group Zoom Meeting.

Thursday, January 16, 2025, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Thursday, March 20, 2025, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Thursday, April 17, 2025 , 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Thursday, July 17, 2025, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Thursday, October 16, 2025, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Thursday, September 18, 2025, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Thursday, December 18, 2025, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm