Three weeks ago, I wrote an email shown below to the person that we were told, in BHAB sub-committee and other meetings, would oversee the new community engagement work of the Behavioral Health Services (BHS) department. Three weeks later I…
Posts published by “Jerry Hall”
The San Diego County Behavioral Health Services (BHS) can’t seem to help itself. When the state-mandated oversight body, the Behavioral Health Advisory Board, empowered by law to ensure abuses like this don’t get out of hand, is muzzled by the…
UPDATE: A September 22nd version of the plan including active hyperlinks was updated on the county website sometime thereafter, almost a full week after I notified the BHS, and is available for your review. UPDATE 10/5/2022: My original letter to…
UPDATE: A September 22nd version of the plan including active hyperlinks was updated on the county website sometime thereafter, almost a full week after I notified the BHS, and is available for your review. Hi Dr. Bergmann, It is beyond…
A letter to the current Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB): In today’s BHAB Director’s Report you will hear about a new $2.3m contract (County Contract #566007 signed in May 2022) about UCSD’s role leading our BHS community engagement efforts. You’ll…
Thank you Chair Stewart, Chair Fletcher, BHAB Members, county staff, providers, and guests. I am speaking to an item being presented later, the county Chief Administrative Office’s (CAO) draft ‘2022-23 Recommended Budget, released just hours ago. Although you may not…
This author is presenting a look and analysis into the Community Program Planning (CPP) process. California counties utilizing funding from the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) must also use the CPP to ensure consumer and other stakeholders are meaningfully engaged…
The first chart represents the status quo. The second chart represents a proposed realignment of the processes Behavioral Health Services (BHS) and the Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB) use to conduct their respective duties insofar as the planning, review, and…
This is post 4 of 4 in the series “BHS Planning & Budgeting Cycle” Let’s Collaborate! Improving BHS Planning, Outcome, & Feedback Cycles The Current BHS Planning Process & Timeline Cycle is Broken If the BHS & BHAB Planning Calendar…
August 5, 2021 Public Comment submitted by Jerry Hall, former BHAB Member (read by staff into record). Good afternoon Board Chair Judith, Board Chair Fletcher, Members, Staff and Guests. On July 21st I emailed a proposal to several stakeholders in…
This is post 3 of 4 in the series “BHS Planning & Budgeting Cycle” Let’s Collaborate! Improving BHS Planning, Outcome, & Feedback Cycles The Current BHS Planning Process & Timeline Cycle is Broken If the BHS & BHAB Planning Calendar…
This is post 2 of 4 in the series “BHS Planning & Budgeting Cycle” Let’s Collaborate! Improving BHS Planning, Outcome, & Feedback Cycles The Current BHS Planning Process & Timeline Cycle is Broken If the BHS & BHAB Planning Calendar…
This is post 1 of 4 in the series “BHS Planning & Budgeting Cycle” Let’s Collaborate! Improving BHS Planning, Outcome, & Feedback Cycles The Current BHS Planning Process & Timeline Cycle is Broken If the BHS & BHAB Planning Calendar…
We see it in the headlines day after day. At issue is that San Diegans have a powerful but, unrealized, opportunity to have a seat at the table as the County decides which people facing mental illness challenges, which communities…
Good afternoon Chair Judith, BHAB Members, Board Chair Fletcher, BHS staff and other stakeholders. My name is Jerry Hall, former BHAB Member, current ACCESS Ambassador, and blogger at BHABrehab.com (this blog). I wanted to welcome all the new BHAB Members,…
This is a proposal to adopt a Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) tailored for the San Diego County Behavioral Health System (BHS). The traditional SIM illustrates five periods where interventions can be made when one is experiencing a mental or psychiatric…
April 1, 2021 To: Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB) Thank you Chair Judith, BHAB Members, staff and guests. I wear a few hats, and for this comment I’m speaking here as citizen-Jerry. That is because I recently posted a draft…
Technically, this is a draft report I authored and shared today with the Stakeholder Engagement workgroup. It reflects my perceptions, not that of the workgroup who are seeing it for the first time. All told, my goals include outlining challenges…
On September 2, 2020 – nearly eight months ago – I filed a complaint following the procedures outlined in our county’s MHSA Issue Resolution Process. I have still only received a letter after three months acknowledging the complaint. I get…
Community MHSA Training – Don’t Miss!
It’s great to see the Behavioral Health Services (BHS) launching two get-to-know-the-MHSA training sessions over the next week. Do you feel engaged? I sat on the Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB) for six years (and the Alcohol & Other Drug…