The California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS)
announced it will be hosting the first Community Assistance,
Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Working Group meeting on
February 14 from 1pm-4pm, in collaboration with the Department of
Health Care Services and the Judicial Council of California.
A
provision of the CARE Act requires CalHHS to convene a
working group to provide coordination and on-going engagement
with, and support collaboration among, relevant state and local
partners and other stakeholders throughout the phases of county
implementation to support the successful implementation of the
CARE Act. The Working Group is to meet no more than quarterly and
is to end no later than December 31, 2026.
The current Working Group membership consists of 25 members,
which can be found
here. Of note, the county representatives on the Working
Group:
Chevon Kothari – Sacramento County Social Services
Khatera Aslami – Alameda County Behavioral Health Care
Services
Susan Holt – Fresno County Behavioral Health
Dr. Veronica Kelley – Orange County Mental Health and
Recovery Services
Tracie Riggs – Tuolumne County Administration Office
A draft agenda for the meeting is available
here. A final agenda will be posted on the
CARE Act Working Group
webpage no later than 10 days prior to February 14.
