The California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS) will
host the second Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment
(CARE) Act Working Group meeting on Wednesday, May 17 from 11a.m.
to 3 p.m., 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.
Topics to be discussed at the May 17 meeting:
CARE Act implementation update
Overview of Judicial Council Rules and Forms for CARE Act
CARE Act data collection, reporting, and evaluation approach
Potential initial time-limited ad hoc sub-group categories
and objectives
The meeting notice and agenda are posted
here. More information, including materials
from the first Working Group meeting held on February 14, is
available on the CARE Act Working Group
webpage.
