PJ Albert

The Alpine County Behavioral Health Services' Quality Improvement Work Plan outlines its mission to provide safe, ethical, and accessible services that foster personal growth. The plan details a comprehensive Quality Improvement (QI) program designed to ensure overall service quality through data-driven decision-making and collaboration. Key focus areas include identifying improvement goals, collecting and analyzing data, implementing and evaluating interventions, and ensuring staff training. Specific objectives for FY 2025/2026 are to improve timely access to mental health assessments and medication services, ensure timely provision of first treatment services, conduct medication monitoring, and reduce drug-related overdose deaths among residents.

The agenda for the meeting included routine Consent Agenda items, such as the approval of the current agenda and previous minutes. Public comment was scheduled. Financial discussions covered the Income and Expense Summary for FY 2025-26 and a recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to purchase a custom canopy and related equipment for MFRC pop-up events not to exceed $2,000.00. The Executive Director's Report detailed various meetings, projects, outreach activities (including dental health kits distribution), Mobile Family Resource Center (MFRC) updates, and information regarding First 5 California initiatives. Current Business featured the mid-year status report for July 1, 2025-December 31, 2025, to be presented to the Alpine County Board of Supervisors, and action required to approve the FY 2026-2028 Budget and Scope of Work for the Small Populated County Augmentation (SPCFA).

This Cultural and Linguistic Competence Plan outlines the commitment of Alpine County Behavioral Health Services to provide safe, ethical, and accessible services that foster personal growth and development. The plan focuses on improving access, quality of care, and outcomes by addressing cultural and linguistic requirements, analyzing service utilization data, assessing workforce competence, and implementing targeted training. Key strategic goals include increasing access to behavioral health services for underserved populations such as children, older adults, Native American, and Hispanic individuals; enhancing culturally sensitive service delivery in preferred languages; and cultivating an environment of cultural awareness, dignity, and respect among staff and in the community.

This Strategic Prevention Plan for Substance Use Disorder Services, developed by Alpine County Behavioral Health Services, outlines a five-year roadmap from fiscal years 2023-24 to 2027-28. Utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework, the plan primarily addresses alcohol use and abuse across all age groups in Alpine County, focusing on challenges such as community isolation, limited engagement opportunities, and low risk perception. Key strategies include parent and prevention education, information dissemination, youth mentoring, social-emotional learning, community events, and referrals to behavioral health services. The plan aims to increase community awareness, reduce alcohol use, foster positive youth development, strengthen community bonds, and ensure responsible alcohol sales practices.

The meeting includes discussion and action items related to the consent agenda, financials, and reports from the Executive Director. Key topics include approving the meeting agenda and minutes from the previous meeting, reviewing income and expense summaries, approving the updated FY 2025-26 budget, and discussing updates on meetings, outreach, the Mobile Family Resource Center, and the Managed Care Plan MOU. Additionally, the commission will discuss and potentially approve the 2026 meeting schedule and a contract for a database system to track the Mobile Family Resource Center services.