This May, CCJBH is proud to announce a special Mental Health Awareness Month series. Join us for engaging weekly webinar Lunch and Learns, featuring esteemed guest speakers who will share their invaluable insights and experiences. This is your chance to deepen your understanding of behavioral health and justice involvement.
May 1st: Empowering Justice-Involved Youth in Higher Education
Hear from student leaders and cohort members about their experience and the support they receive through Rising Scholars as they transition(ed) from incarceration back into their communities and on their academic paths in higher education. Learn about the resources offered to formerly incarcerated individuals, with an emphasis on mental health support and successful reintegration into society and academia.
Materials:
View the PowerPoint slides from the presentation.
Lunch and Learn Recording
May 9th: Wellness Support
Learn how Safe Haven Wellness and Recovery Center in Colusa County provides peer supported services to adults and older adults who are in recovery from substance use, dealing with mental
health issues, and or avoiding isolation. In addition, explore how Social Advocates for youth SAY San Diego, which provides services to address the comprehensive needs of the entire child, individual or family rather than focusing on one symptom or about a specific problem, helps adults on probation think differently, so as to promote positive lifestyle changes and healthy futures.
Materials:
View the PowerPoint slides from Safe Haven Wellness and Recovery presentation.
View the PowerPoint slides from SAY San Diego
Lunch and Learn Recording
May 15th: Policy Impact
Dive into the CARE Act, including plans for implementing policies that pave a new pathway to deliver mental health and substance use disorder services to the most severely impaired Californians who too often suffer in homelessness or incarceration without treatment.
Materials
View the PowerPoint slides from the CARE Act presentation.
Lunch and Learn Recording
May 22nd: Equity in Behavioral Health
Learn how the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence is addressing inequities at the intersection of behavioral health and justice systems.
Materials
View the PowerPoint slides from the Equity in Behavorial Health presentation.
Lunch and Learn Recording
May 29th: Resources
CCJBH will provide a summary of materials from the month’s learnings, highlighting valuable resources, and outlining actionable steps for the behavioral health/justice-involved (BH/JI) population.
Collectively, these events aim to foster understanding, promote mental health awareness, and offer practical information and resources for the BH/JI population and those who support them, reflecting CCJBH’s dedication to wellness across the lifespan.
Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details on how you can participate in this transformative series.
*Topics are subject to change and presenters will be announced in upcoming CCJBH weekly blast.