Mental Health Services Act Innovation Component
The Mental Health Services Act (MHSA, the Act) provides for the Innovation (INN) Component of the County’s Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan (Three-Year Plan). Pursuant to the Act, Part 3.2, funding under this component is to be used to: increase access to underserved groups; increase the quality of services, including better outcomes; promote interagency collaboration and increase access to services.
Innovations are defined as novel, creative and/or ingenious mental health practices/approaches that are expected to contribute to learning, which are developed within communities through a process that is inclusive and representative, especially of unserved and underserved individuals and which are aligned with the General Standards identified in the MHSA and set forth in Title 9 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 3320. The Innovation Component allows Counties the opportunity to “tryout” new approaches that can inform current and future mental health practices/approaches.
For information regarding MHSA INN 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 INN Component Plan Fiscal Year 2008/2009 - 2011/2012 (PDF File)
For additional information, please contact:
Christi Lupkes, MHSA Manager
5957 South Mooney Boulevard
Visalia, CA 93277
(559) 624-8000
