Senior Moments - September 28, 2023

Continuing our survey of intersecting community issues, focusing on aspects of state public health and safety reforms:

"Legislature passes Newsom's Proposal to retool the Mental Health Services Act"

https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/legislature-passes-newsoms-proposal-to-retool-mental-health-services-act/

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California Department of Aging, "Aging Matters" Newsletter

        https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?u=885fd0fb81501c74e82ac45b1&id=5cff1c684f

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California Health & Human Services Agency -- Behavioral Health Task Force

        https://www.chhs.ca.gov/home/committees/behavioral-health-task-force/

The key goals of the BHTF are:

        Goal 1. Ground truth the State's behavioral health agendaa

        Goal 2. Uplift constituency voices

        Goal 3. Promote learning to expand collective understanding of behavioral health issues facing the state

        Goal 4. Advance approaches that are creative, responsive, and coordinated

For questions, inquiries, or to  join the task force listserv, contact

        BehavioralHealthTaskForce@chhs.ca.gov.