The Special Projects Team supports a range of statewide, regional and local efforts, focused on hot topics in mental health and substance use services.
Through a contract with the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, the California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS) is leading a statewide project, directed by legislation, to engage counties, providers, and stakeholders in an effort to establish consensus, and train to, California statewide clinical assessment guidelines for involuntary detainment (in various settings) that are person-centered, family driven/inclusive, culturally responsive and recovery oriented to improve the consumer experience.
CIBHS provides Crisis Intervention Training. Crisis Intervention Team CIT programs throughout the United States and in other nations worldwide promote and support collaborative efforts to create and sustain more effective interactions among law enforcement, mental health care providers, individuals with mental illness, their families and communities and also to reduce the stigma of mental illness.
This exciting program honors culture and challenges stigma through the power of art and creativity.
All across California, people harness the healing power of the creative spirit – celebrating their cultures, challenging stigmas and stereotypes, working towards recovery one brushstroke at a time.
A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR LEADERS OF PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SYSTEMS “Ensuring Excellence While Leading Through Change”
THE CIBHS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE is limited to a maximum of 30 current leaders in public mental health/behavioral health and substance use disorder services. The tuition cost for the nine days of training is $4,950.00 per participant. This price does not include travel and lodging. If accepted, participants must commit to participate for the full nine days. The County Mental Health Director/Behavioral Health Director or Alcohol and Other Drug Administrator, or not for profit agency director, must recommend applicants as indicated on the LI Application.
