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:
- CalHHS CARE Act Website
- Department of Health Care Services (DHCS): CARE Act Webpage
- Judicial Council of California (JC) CARE Act Website
- SB 1338
To join the CARE Act listserv, please contact CAREAct@chhs.ca.gov.
Members
- Al Rowlett – Turning Point Community Programs
- Anthony Ruffin – Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Concierge Outreach Team
- 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
- Hon. Maria Hernandez – Superior Court of Orange County
- Ivan Bhardwaj – California Department of Health Care Services, Behavioral Health
- Jenny Bayardo – California Behavioral Health Planning Council
- 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
- Matt Tuttle – San Jose Firefighters Union Local 230
- 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
- Dr. Veronica 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
2024 Meeting Dates
November 6, 2024: 10:00-3:00 pm
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.
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.
August 21, 2024: 10:00-3:00 pm
- Agenda
- Meeting Recordings:
- Recording 1
- Recording 2
- Bethany Yeiser Keynote Presentation*
*Due to significant technical challenges in the meeting room, the first hour of recorded audio is poor. Please reference the secondary recording of Bethany Yeiser’s keynote presentation for a better viewing experience.
May 1, 2024: 10:00-3:00 pm
- Agenda
- Meeting Recordings:
- Meeting Minutes
February 14, 2024
- Agenda
- Meeting Recordings:
- Meeting Minutes
November 8, 2023
August 9, 2023
- Meeting Notice and Agenda
- DRAFT Materials for Working Group Discussion
- Presentation slides
- Meeting Minutes
May 17, 2023
- Meeting Notice and Agenda
- Presentation slides
- Video Recording (Shared screen with gallery view | Gallery view)
- Meeting Minutes
February 14, 2023
Training, Technical Assistance & Communications Ad Hoc Group
CANCELLED: October 16, 2024.
We invite you to join the CARE Act Services and Supports Ad Hoc Group meeting (see below).
Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 1:00-2:30
Training, Technical Assistance & Communications Ad Hoc Group Zoom meeting.
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
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 1:30-3:00
Data Collection, Reporting & Evaluation Ad Hoc Group Zoom Meeting.
October 9, 2024
July 10, 2024
April 10, 2024
March 13, 2024
January 10, 2024
December 19, 2023
October 16, 2023
Services & Supports Ad Hoc Group
Thursday, December 19, 2024 11:30-1:00
Services & Supports Ad Hoc Group Zoom Meeting.