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CIBHS is working alongside community organizations and governmental entities to help improve the clinical services, focused on the needs of certain racial and ethnic populations, to the degree that the mental health of the individuals in that community is improved. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Percy Howard, President and CEO at CIBHS. Percy is responsible for quality improvement, project construction, executive leadership, and all performance-related aspects of the CIBHS body of business and portfolio of projects. Together Graham and Percy discuss the strategy, skills, and tools to be able to help communities, the eye for the culture of mental health needs, social determinants and those challenges, and the involvement of CIBHS at a grassroots level. CIBHS is bringing restoration into social services and assisting people in the transformative work to help others grow and bloom.

The year 2020 presented unparalleled challenges for people with behavioral health needs as well as to the system designed to serve them. This report chronicles these challenges and offers key insights from stakeholders in California communities as well as the behavioral health system.

The FSP toolkits were designed by the California Department of Mental Health (DMH) in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders. The toolkits provide guidance and support for Full Service Partnership programs across California, and have value to support the structure and practices of multidisciplinary behavioral health teams nationwide.