1. Special Projects
Fiscal 2012 Activities

2. Overview Cross-cutting Issues that Guide Special Projects
Special Project Priorities and Activities Brainstormed at the April Meeting
Identify Partners and Develop Additional Activities
Discuss the Need for Additional Projects

3. Cross-Cutting Issues Regional Representation-Urban Versus Rural
Cultural, Ethnic, Gender, and Faith-based Diversity
Community Based Approaches
Financing Strategies and Cost Effectiveness
Key Stake Holders Involved
Data Available to Support Needs or Results
Short-, Mid-, and Long-term Strategies
Community/Corporate Partnerships
Salary, Financial Support (e.g., stipends, Loan Forgiveness)
Stigma

4. Special Projects Diversity Project Secondary Education Project
DACUM Project
Older Workers Project
PMHNP Project
Workforce Collaborative Project
State and Federal Advocacy
Oversight Activities
Five-year Plan
Career Lattice Project
Distributive Learning 
Career Pathways Project
Nursing Career Project
Leadership Project
Committee Capacity Building Activities
SAMHSA Block Grant Project
Secondary Education Focus

5. Diversity Project
Priority: Engaging Diverse Communities to Develop Successful Workforce Development and Deployment Strategies
Activities:
Report and Present on Findings from Statewide Financial Relief Programs
Contact the Wellness Foundation and Report on Best Practices to Increase Diversity In Postsecondary Ed.
Engage Welcome Back Program to Conduct a Presentation Updating Committee on Performance
Report on and Catalogue Secondary Education Career Pathway Program Outcomes

6. Secondary Education Project
Priority: Expanding Mental Health Career Pathways
Activities: (SAMHSA PROJECT)
Develop a Report Identifying Best Practices in Promoting Therapeutic Programs of Study in Secondary Education Career Programs
Partnering with CiMH, CDE, and SB/ROCP

7. DACUM Project
Priority: Cataloging Skills and Abilities Among Mental Health Professionals
Activities: Conduct the following
Family Member and Parent Partner Occupational Validation-Completing
Community Organization President
Policy Officer
Medical Director

8. Older Workers Project
Priority: Promoting Retired Persons As A Workforce Pool
Activities
Present on Efforts Involved in Developing a Funding Strategy for Piloting a Geriatric mental Health Certificate Training in Small Counties

9. Consumer and Family Member Employment
Priority: Promoting Successful Strategies and Opportunities
Activities
Investigate if a Catalogue of Peer Training Program is Completed and Updated. Present Findings
Report on Strategies for Using Medicare Reimbursement for Peer Services
Advocate for Financial Relief of Peer Training Programs (Certificated, Non-Certificated)

10. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Project
Priority:Fact Sheet Distribution
Activities
Report on Current Efforts to Retrain Nurses, Especially Training That Focuses on Enhancing Competencies Among Behavioral Health Functions
Report on Current Efforts to Evaluate the Performance of Nurse Retraining Efforts

11. Workforce Collaborative Project
Priority: Providing Technical Assistance to Expand Regional Partnerships
Activities:

12. State and Federal Workforce Policy Development
Priority: Partnering with the California State Rural Health association
Activity
Partner with State National Organizations to Move a Behavioral Health Workforce Agenda
CSRHA, CCCMHA, NACBHA, HWDD, OSHPD, NRHA, NARMH

13. Oversight of Mental Health Services Act
Priority: Workforce Education and Training Program Component
Activities
Report on Current CA and Federal Workforce Development and Deployment Capacity Building Efforts Underway
Advocate for the Development of a Public Mental Health Workforce Capacity Survey
Advocate for the Development of a Performance Based Evaluation of State-level Financial Relief Programs

14. Career Lattice/Occupational Mapping
Priority: Refining Recruitment and Retention Strategies
Activities
Promote the Development of Training Programs Focused on Targeted Occupational Growth within Industries (case managers, business administrative positions, peer support)
Advocate for Federal, State, and Foundation Funds to be Used to Support Behavioral Health Workforce Development ( R&R) Project Activities

15. Distance Education Project
Advancing Course Conversion, Accessibility, and Distributive Learning
Activities
Distribute Distributive Learning Modules Developed by the DMH MHSA WET
Research Cutting Edge Approaches to Distributive Learning
Report on Efforts to Evaluate the Performance of Distributive Learning Programs in Building the Competency and Capacity of the Healthcare Workforce

16. Additional Projects
Career Pathways: Exploring educational programs that have successfully engaged culturally and linguistically diverse communities, as well as, the broader cross-disability community.
Report on Current CA Occupational Pathway Projects

17. Additional Projects
Nursing Careers Project: Reinvigorating strategies to enhance the utilization of advanced practice nurses in public mental health
Leadership: Examining strategies for the transition of the current mental health workforce into leadership pathways

18. Project Related Partnerships
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
California Institute for Mental Health
California Mental Health Directors Association
Central Region Collaborative
California Social Work Education Center
California State Rural Health Association
National University
National Rural Health Association
National Association for Rural Mental Health
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
Pacific Clinics
State Department of Mental Health
Truckee Community Collaborative
These are partnerships that staff are currently engaged in to move a particular special project activity forward.

19. Partnerships to Activate
California Council of Community Mental Health Agencies
California Community College Workforce Initiatives
California Mental Health Services Authority
California State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
California State Department of Consumer Affairs
California State Department of Education
California State Department of Rehabilitation
California Workforce Association
California Workforce Investment Act Board
National Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies
Petrus Center
University of San Francisco Center for the Health Professions
Veterans organizations
These are partnership we have, but are currently not related to moving a particular project forward

20. New Projects, Partners, & Members