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The Adult and Older Adult Programs and Policy Unit provides analysis, direction, and oversight for a range of policy initiatives, programs, and projects related to mental health services for adults and older adults.
The passage of Proposition 63, The Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) in November 2004 merged many of the programs and concepts that the Systems of Care Adult and Older Adult Program Policy Unit helped develop in preceding years. Many AOAPP models transformed from Demonstration Projects to permanent programs with the support of MHSA funds.
The California Department of Mental Health administers a number of programs for adults. The programs’ services are directly provided at the local level by counties and their contract providers. To find local mental health services, contact your local county mental health agency .What's New:
Phase II of the CSS implementation Study, detailing the experiences of seven California counties, is available for download here
. The executive summary is also available here. The DMH is pleased to announce the release of the Final Report on “Long Term Strategies for Community Placement: Alternatives to Institutions for Mental Disease”. You may download your copy here. (Warning file size is 4.5 mb - 266 pages )
Programs
- California AIDS Project
- California Mental Health Cooperative Programs Employment with Support
- Caregiver Resource Centers
- Mental Health Services Act (Prop 63)
- Olmstead, New Freedom Initiative
- Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Traumatic Brain Injury
FIND SERVICES
The Network of Care for Mental Health is a great resource to obtain information about mental health issues and to search for a wide variety of mental health and other support services in your local community. To find local mental health services, contact your local county mental health agency .
For more information about California Department of Mental Health programs for adults, contact the DMH Adult and Older Adult Program Policy office at (916) 654-2147.