CBHA Works with Partners to Advocate for Behavioral Health Workforce and Youth Mental Health

Greetings Colleagues!

CBHA has been busy collaborating with several organizations on legislative proposals. We are thrilled to have received support from several of our member agencies and allied behavioral health organizations. Whether you wrote a letter, testified at a hearing, or provided technical assistance, we are grateful. Below, please review the status of our proposals, and please contact us if you would like to register your support.

Sponsored proposals:

Youth Mental Health First Aid : Our Youth Mental Health First Aid proposals continue to gain momentum. We have a strong coalition of co-sponsors including CBHDA, Children Now, and Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation (BTWF) who are advocating for funding for a school-based pilot program to train school personnel in Youth Mental Health First Aid. The proposal has been heard by the Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services in the Senate and is scheduled to be heard in the Assembly on May 6.

The coalition is also sponsoring SB 428 , which was heard before the Senate Education Committee on April 10, 2019 and passed out of the Education Committee with a 7 to 0 vote! This bill is authored by Senator Dr. Richard Pan and Senator Anthony Portantino; Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula and Senator Scott Weiner are co-authors. The bill was recently amended to require Local Education Agencies to pay for Youth Mental Health First Aid training, and to provide it to at least... click here to continue

Seeking Health Care Professionals to Participate in Focus Groups on Health Care, Human Trafficking and Disabilities



California is one of the top 4 states for human trafficking in the U.S. Human trafficking is a heinous crimes and abuse of human rights. Traffickers prey on the vulnerable who are easier to exploit and less likely to seek help. 

IOFA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to end human trafficking, in collaboration with Futures Without Violence, the HEAL Network, and the WITH Foundation is conducting focus groups with health care providers from across California to inform the development of a training for health care providers on identifying and providing services to persons with disabilities who are victims of or at risk for human trafficking.

Click the headline for the flyer with all the details on how health care professionals can participate in a focus group. We would appreciate it if you could circulate this flyer to your networks.

These focus groups are important to making sure that the training we develop is useful to health care professionals. For additional information or questions, please contact Jae Jin Pak at Jpak@iofa.org. To learn more about IOFA, visit www.iofa.org.

WEBINAR: Four Key Practices in Crisis Care and Suicide Prevention 

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 1:00 pm 

Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00) 

In the immediate period after discharge, service members and veterans are at an increased risk for dying by suicide. This critical period provides an opportunity for community partners to establish effective crisis interventions and provide services as a vital part of suicide prevention efforts for service members, veterans, and their families (SMVF). Intervening to prevent suicides in clinical and non-clinical community settings needs to be effective, feasible, and evidence-based. Feasible suicide prevention practices help to minimize burden while maximizing positive outcomes for stakeholders. Evidence-based programs create the bridge between research and practice to help deliver proven interventions to SMVF at risk of suicide within the community. Click the headline to register.

The Desert Sun interviewed 200 homeless individuals about health care. Here's what we found .

From January to April, The Desert Sun surveyed 200 people experiencing homelessness in the Coachella Valley as part of a University of Southern California Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2019 Data Fellowship. The survey focused on health needs and access to health care for those who are homeless.

The in-person survey included 23 questions and was conducted by reporters... click headline to continue

The Homeless Are Dying In Record Numbers On The Streets Of L.A.

A record number of homeless people — 918 last year alone — are dying across Los Angeles County, on bus benches, hillsides, railroad tracks and sidewalks. Deaths have jumped 76% in the past five years, outpacing the growth of the homeless population, according to a KHN analysis of the coroner’s data.

Health officials and experts have not pinpointed a single cause for the sharp increase in deaths, but they say rising substance abuse may be a major reason. The surge also reflects growth in the number of people who are chronically homeless and those who don’t typically use shelters, which means... click headline to continue

Finding homeless patients a place to heal

SAN JOSE, Calif. — After they amputated the second toe on John Trumbla’s right foot last summer, doctors sent him to a nursing home because he still needed medical care — but not necessarily a hospital bed.

The proud, burly Army veteran resisted at first, but he didn’t have a choice. Before his hospitalization at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Trumbla, 56, and his wife had been homeless, crashing in his boss’s construction shop or living... click headline to continue

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CBHA affinity members offer approved services that benefit our members while supporting our advocacy efforts.

We appreciate our business associates for their partnerships that both provide our members exceptional services and sponsor our advocacy efforts.

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