Mental Health Services Act Community Services and Support (CSS)
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Tulare County HHSA, Department of Mental Health, as required under the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), is opening a 30-day public review and comment period for the MHSA FY 11/12 Plan Update which includes Community Services and Supports (CSS), Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI), and Prevention and Early Intervention Training and Technical Assistance (PEI TTA). To view details of 30-day public review and comment period to include dates of comment period and public hearing, click here (PDF). To view MHSA FY 11/12 Plan Update which includes Community Services and Supports (CSS), Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI), and Prevention and Early Intervention Training and Technical Assistance (PEI TTA) under review, click here (PDF).
Community Services and Supports refers to "System of Care Services" as required by the MHSA in WIC Sections 5813.5 and 5878.1-3. The change in terminology will differentiate MHSA Community Services and Supports from existing and previously existing System of Care programs funded at the federal, state and local levels.
The MHSA requires that "each county mental health program shall prepare and submit a three-year plan which shall be updated at least annually and approved by the Department of Mental Health (DMH) after review and comment by the Oversight and Accountability Commission." The MHSA further requires that "the department shall establish requirements for the content of the plans." Annual updates of this plan will be required pursuant to MHSA requirements.
In their MHSA Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plans, counties are required to submit a listing of all work plans for which MHSA funding is being requested that identifies the proposed expenditures for each type of funding (Full Service Partnership, System Development, and Outreach and Engagement) and for each target age group (Adult, Children and Youth, Older Adult, and Transition Aged Youth).
For information regarding MHSA CSS from the California Department of Mental Health (DMH), please refer to the DMH website: http://www.dmh.ca.gov/Prop_63/MHSA/default.asp
Tulare County CSS Fiscal Year 2010/2011 Plan Update (PDF File)
Tulare County CSS Fiscal Year 2009/2010 Plan Update (PDF File)
Tulare County CSS Fiscal Year 2008/2009 Plan Update (PDF File)
Tulare County CSS Three-Year Plan Fiscal Years 2005/2006, 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 (PDF File)
For additional information, please contact:
Alysha Cabrera, CSS/WET Coordinator
5957 South Mooney Boulevard
Visalia, CA 93277
(559) 624-8000
