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,…
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California counties are able to spend up to 5% of their annual MHSA allocated dollars towards ensuring a comprehensive array of Community Program Planning (CPP) processes are in place to ensure meaningful stakeholder engagement throughout the entire year. Only 4%…
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…
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…
The county Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB) was created in 2015 when the former Alcohol and Other Drug Advisory Board (ADAB) merged with the Mental Health Advisory Board (MHAB). Because are so many intersections between mental health issues and substance…
Here’s the text of the public comment I made at today’s 2/4/2021 BHAB meeting. Good afternoon everyone. I hope you are all well, safe and happy. My name is Jerry Hall. Although I am a Member of this Behavioral Health…
It is disappointing to have waited months for a response from the BHS Director, Dr. Bergmann. In fact, his only comment is that I should read the 3-Year Plan. Hopefully this isn’t how we treat any other consumer. After one-hundred…
This is an effort to map out the San Diego County Behavioral Health Services (BHS) ecosystem as it relates to the work of the Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB). There are varying levels of communication between the entities that may…
Following the guidance of the May 26, 2020 San Diego County MHSA Issue Resolution Process (p217-218) I filed the following complaint as a consumer of BHS services: September 2, 2020 TO: Dr. Luke Bergmann FR: Jerry Hall, BHS Services Consumer…
August 4, 2020Public CommentBoard of SupervisorsCounty of San Diego Good morning Chairman Cox and Members of the Board. My name is Jerry Hall. Although I serve on the Behavioral Health Advisory Board, I am here speaking as an individual. I…
ITEM 5 – RECEIVE UPDATE ON ADVANCING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONTINUUM OF CARE THROUGH REGIONAL COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION My name is Jerry Hall. Although I serve on the Behavioral Health Advisory Board, I am here speaking as an individual. When…
I can only imagine what a fully engaged mental-health consumer community looks like. I hear of the the challenges people face when entering into our county jail system. Of the number of deaths by suicide. The significant number of people…
This is the public-comment feedback I submitted regarding the MHSA FY 2019-20 Annual Update [DRAFT] the San Diego County BHS department is required to submit to the MHSOAC: What made the report:Here’s the summary of my letter making the report.…
This is a dynamic post that will be updated periodically. We’ll update the post date above whenever significant edits have been made. These are the topics we will be exploring. Although the primary example I use is the San Diego…
Our Broken Mental Health System – if only BHAB could do it’s job.
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…