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Announcements

• DMH Information Notice 08-12, Community Services and Supports General System Development Housing (Supercedes DMH Information Notice: 08-05) - 4/23/08
• Due to a technical error Information Notice 08-11 has been revised and assigned a new date of April 10, 2008. The updated version may be accessed at the following link:
  DMH Information Notice 08-11: Assignment of Community Services and Supports (CSS) Funds for the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Housing Program - 4/10/08
• DMH Information Notice 08-10, Community Services and Supports (CSS) Plan Update Guidelines for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008/09 - 04/07/2008
• DMH Information Notice: 08-08, Implementation Progress Report for the Community Services and Supports (CSS) Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan for Calendar Year 2007
• DMH Information Notice 08-05, Community Services and Supports General System Development Housing - (Superceded by Information Notice 08-12 dated 04/22/08)
• DMH Info. Notice: 08-02, Planning Estimates for the Community Services and Supports Component (FY 2008/09) and the Capital Facilities/Technological Needs Component (FY 2007/08) of the Mental Health Services Act.
• DMH Info. Notice: 08-01, Request to Dedicate Funds to the Mental Health Services Act Community Services and Supports Prudent Reserve - 01/29/2007
• The Following MHSA CSS Implementation Reports are Now Available:
  • A Summary of First Year County CSS Implementation Progress Reports, January 2008 - 1/11/08
  • CSS Implementation Phase 2 Study - 1/11/08
  • CSS Implementation Phase 2, Executive Summary - 1/11/08
  • MHSA Implementation Study, Phase I: CSS State Planning Process June 2007 - 2/21/08
  
  
• An Overview of MHSA Fiscal Policy Changes will be presented at the CMHDA All Directors Meeting Scheduled on January 10, 2008. The MHSA related discussion materials presented at this meeting are available at the Community Services and Support Meetings page. - 01/10/08

BACKGROUND

Community Services and Supports refers to "System of Care Services" as required by the MHSA in WIC Sections 5813.5 and 5878.1-3. The change in terminology will differentiate MHSA Community Services and Supports from existing and previously existing System of Care programs funded at the federal, state and local levels.
The MHSA requires that "each county mental health program shall prepare and submit a three-year plan which shall be updated at least annually and approved by the Department of Mental Health (DMH) after review and comment by the Oversight and Accountability Commission." The MHSA further requires that "the department shall establish requirements for the content of the plans." Annual updates of this plan will be required pursuant to MHSA requirements.

In their MHSA Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plans, counties are required to submit a listing of all work plans for which MHSA funding is being requested that identifies the proposed expenditures for each type of funding (Full Service Partnership, System Development, and Outreach and Engagement) and for each target age group (Adult, Children and Youth, Older Adult, and Transition Aged Youth).

GUIDELINES

2008

• DMH Information Notice 08-10, Community Services and Supports (CSS) Plan Update Guidelines for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008/09 - 04/07/2008
• DMH Information Notice: 08-08, Implementation Progress Report for the Community Services and Supports (CSS) Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan for Calendar Year 2007
• DMH Information Notice 08-05, Community Services and Supports General System Development Housing -03/14/08
• DMH Info. Notice: 08-02, Planning Estimates for the Community Services and Supports Component (FY 2008/09) and the Capital Facilities/Technological Needs Component (FY 2007/08) of the Mental Health Services Act.
• DMH Info. Notice: 08-01, Request to Dedicate Funds to the Mental Health Services Act Community Services and Supports Prudent Reserve - 01/29/2007

2007

• DMH Info Notice 07-26 - Implementation of the Annual Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Revenue and Expenditure Report for Fiscal Year 2006-07
• DMH Info Notice 07-25 - Mental Health Services Act Fiscal Policy Changes
• DMH Info Notice 07-21 - Additional One-Time Funding Augmentation to Expand Local Mental Health Services

• DMH Info Notice 07-20 - Implementation of Local Mental Health Services (MHS) Fund Cash Flow Statement

• DMH Info Notice 07-11 - Modifications to the Procedures Specific to Very Small Counties Pertinent to the Community Services and Supports (CSS) Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan - 5/29/07
• DMH Info Notice 07-05 - Revisions to Local Mental Health Services Fund Cash Flow Statement Interval Periods and Reporting Dates - 4/19/07
• DMH Info Notice 07-04 - regarding the Mental Health Services Act Community Services and Support Housing Expenditure Change - 3/28/07
• DMH Info Notice 07-02 - regarding the Implementation Progress Report for the Initial Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan for Community Services and Supports (CSS) - 1/23/07
• MHSA Emergency Regulations were repealed and adopted December 29, 2006 - 1/02/07  

2006

• DMH Info Notice 06-15 - Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Performance Contract Amendment Process for the Community Services and Supports Component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan - 12/07/06
• DMH Letter No. 06-09 - Revised Planning Estimates (Fiscal Year 2007-08) for Mental Health Services Act Community Services and Supports - 11/29/06
• DMH Letter No. 06-08 - Cost Reporting - New Service Function Codes for Non-Medi-Cal Client Supports and Non-Medi-Cal Capital Assets - 11/07/06
• DMH Info Notice 06-13 - Allowable Use of Community Services and Supports Funding for Enhancements of Local Infrastructure - 11/03/06
• DMH Info Notice 06-12 - Implementation of the MHSA, Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5892 - 10/16/06
• DMH Info Notice 06-08 - Initial Mental Health Services Act Contract - boilerplate contract between the state Department of Mental Health (DMH) and city/county mental health programs - 8/17/06
• DMH Info Notice 06-02 - Notification of New MHSA and Federal Accountability Reporting Requirements: Tracking of Services, Outcomes, Cost and Program Oversight - 4/20/06
• DMH Letter No. 06-03 regarding MHSA CSS--Budgets and Start-Up Funding - 02/06/06
• DMH Letter No. 06-02 regarding MHSA CSS--Three Year Program and Expenditure Plan Requirement--Full Service Partnership-- Addendum, Fiscal Years 2005-06, 06-07, 07-08 - 02/02/06
• AMENDED RULEMAKING: Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) - 1/23/06

2005

• EMERGENCY RULEMAKING: Mental Health Services Act - 12/30/05
• DMH Letter No. 05-08 regarding County Maintenance of Effort Funding -- Fiscal year 2004-05 funding required to be used for Mental Health Services under the Mental Health Services Act) - 10/05/05
• DMH Letter No. 05-06 regarding MHSA CSS Startup Funding and Prudent Reserves released - 9/02/05
• DMH Letter No. 05-05 regarding Mental Health Services Act Community Services and Supports --Three Year Program and Expenditure Plan Requirements, Fiscal Years 2005-06, 2006-07, and 2007-08.
  • Electronic Copies of Exhibits - 8/4/05
  • Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan Requirements- 8/18/05
• DMH Letter No. 05-04 regarding MHSA Non-Supplantation - 07/18/05
• DMH Letter 05-02 - Planning Estimates for Mental Health Services Act Community Services and Supports - 06/01/05
  • Enclosure1 - Planning Estimates for Mental Health Services Act Community Services and Supports Spreadsheet - 06/01/05
  • Enclosure2 - County Operations North and South Regional Listing - 06/01/05
• Backup documents for the Planning Estimate calculations - 06/07/05

DRAFT GUIDELINES

• Draft - Community Services and Supports One-Time Requests for Funding - 06/02/05
• Revised Draft of the CSS Program Plan Requirements describes the requirements counties, in partnership with their communities, must meet to obtain MHSA funding for community services and supports. - 5/18/05
• Preliminary Draft of the CSS Program Plan Requirements describes the requirements counties, in partnership with their communities, must meet to obtain MHSA funding for community services and supports. - 2/15/05

PROGRAMS

The following graphic representations show county proposed expenditures by fund type and by age group, to-date.

Proposed Expenditures by Fund Type

• Bay Area Region
• Central Valley Region
• South and Los Angeles Region
• Superior Region
• Statewide
  

Proposed Expenditures by Age Group

• Bay Area Region
• Central Valley Region
• South and Los Angeles Region
• Superior Region
• Statewide

View the status of counties that have submitted their three-year funding requests for Community Services & Supports:

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RELATED MATERIALS

• The Following MHSA CSS Implementation Reports are Now Available:
  • A Summary of First Year County CSS Implementation Progress Reports, January 2008 - 1/11/08
  • CSS Implementation Phase 2 Study - 1/11/08
  • CSS Implementation Phase 2, Executive Summary - 1/11/08
  • MHSA Implementation Study, Phase I: CSS State Planning Process June 2007 - 2/21/08
• Readers Guide to Mental Health Services Act Community Services and Supports Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan Requirements to assist stakeholders in understanding the Community Services and Supports Program and Expenditure Plan Requirements.- 8/16/05
• CSS Technical Assistance Guide to assist counties in their planning processes to develop Community Services and Supports Program and Expenditure Plans as required under the Mental Health Services Act. - 5/25/05
• MHSA Implementation Issues for Small County Discussion Paper provides general information and strategies for further stakeholder discussion on how best to ensure that the vision of the MHSA can become a reality in small counties. - 2/15/05