Past Convenings

2018: Building Resilience and Promoting Successful Outcomes

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Attendees explored a wide range of topics including strategies to support behavioral wellness for first responders and custody officials, as well as reducing the criminalization of individuals with severe mental health needs, including the Incompetent to Stand Trail Population. Best practices and innovative programs took center stage as leaders addressed the importance of integrated service initiatives, lessons learned from Ontario, Canada, Riverside, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Counties, and the launch of the MHSOAC Innovation Incubator.

  • Program

    Program 2018

  • Presentation & Materials

    • Stephanie Clendenin, Acting Director, California Department of State Hospitals, IST Diversion Program: How We Got Here
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    • Honorable James Bianco, Site Judge, Los Angeles Superior County Mental Health Court, Community Based Restoration
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    • Steven Sultan, PhD, ABPP, Director of Bureau Operations, Psychological Services Bureau, Personnel Command, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department_Handout 1
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    • Steven Sultan, PhD, ABPP, Director of Bureau Operations, Psychological Services Bureau, Personnel Command, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department_Handout 2
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    • Steven Sultan, PhD, ABPP, Director of Bureau Operations, Psychological Services Bureau, Personnel Command, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department_Handout 3
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    • Steven Sultan, PhD, ABPP, Director of Bureau Operations, Psychological Services Bureau, Personnel Command, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department_Handout 4
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    • Steven Sultan, PhD, ABPP, Director of Bureau Operations, Psychological Services Bureau, Personnel Command, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department_Handout 5
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    • Steven Sultan, PhD, ABPP, Director of Bureau Operations, Psychological Services Bureau, Personnel Command, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department_Handout 6
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    • Steven Sultan, PhD, ABPP, Director of Bureau Operations, Psychological Services Bureau, Personnel Command, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department_Handout 7
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    • Ashley Mills, MHSOAC, Senior Researcher and Criminal Justice and Mental Health Project and Suicide Prevention Project Staff Lead, Serving Those Who Serve: The Behavioral Health Needs of Our First Responders and the Consequences When Needs Go Unmet
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  • Report

    Final Report 2018

  • Speaker Bios

    Speaker Bios 2018

  • Attendee List

    Attendee List 2018

  • 2018 Leadership Group

    • Deanna Adams – Senior Policy Analyst, Council of State Governments Justice Center
    • Stanicia Boatner – Administration of Justice Legislative Analyst, California State Association of Counties
    • Bill Brown – Santa Barbara County Sheriff-Coroner
    • Grace Childs – Executive Associate, Urban Counties of California
    • Jessica Devencenzi – Administration of Justice Legislative Representative, California State Association of Counties
    • Hallie Fader-Towe – Senior Policy Advisor, Council of State Governments Justice Center
    • Morgan Grabau – Events & Communications Director, Forensic Mental Health Association of California
    • Brenda Grealish – Assistant Deputy Director, California Department of Health Care Services, Behavioral Health
    • Carmen Green – Executive Director, California State Sheriffs’ Association
    • Catherina Isidro – Executive Director, Forensic Mental Health Association of California
    • Kathryn Jett – Senior Policy Consultant, California Forward
    • Darby Kernan – Deputy Executive Director for Legislative Services, California State Association of Counties
    • Kathleen Lacey – Program Director, UCSF/Citywide Case Management
    • Robin Lipetzky – Public Defender, Contra Costa County
    • Sheree Lowe – Vice President, Behavioral Health, California Hospital Association
    • Rosie McCool – Deputy Director, Chief Probation Officers of California
    • David Meyer – Clinical Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine
    • Ashley Mills – Senior Researcher, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
    • Mike Radford – Senior Consultant, Commission on Peace Officer Standards & Training
    • Tyler Rinde — Legislative Analyst, County Behavioral Health Directors Association
    • Patricia Ryan – Consultant; Executive Director (Ret.), County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California
    • Linda Tomasello – Senior Governmental Program Analyst, California Highway Patrol
    • Kit Wall – Words to Deeds Project Director, Kit Wall Productions
    • Stephanie Welch – Executive Officer, Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health (formerly COMIO)
    • Tracey Whitney – Deputy District Attorney, Mental Health Liaison, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
    • Molly Willenbring – Executive Director, First Responder Support Network
    • Helene Zentner – Field Representative, California Board of State and Community Corrections
    • Carrie Zoller – Supervising Attorney, Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts

  • Paradigm Awards

    Recognizing leaders in criminal justice and mental health who champion efforts to end criminalization of individuals with mental illness by supporting proven strategies that promote early intervention, access to effective treatments, a planned reentry, and the preservation of public safety.

    Judicial Champion
    Honorable James Bianco – Site Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court Mental Health Court
    Presented by Dave Meyer – Clinical Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine

    Law Enforcement Champion
    Charles Dempsey – Detective III, Officer-In-Charge of the Administrative Training Detail, Mental Evaluation Unit, Los Angeles Police Department
    Presented by Linda Boyd – Clinical Program Manager II, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

    Behavioral Health Champion
    Kita Curry, PhD – Chief Executive Officer, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
    Presented by Stephanie Welch – Executive Officer, Commission on Criminal Justice & Behavioral Health