Words to Deeds XIV Conference |
Out of Bounds or Outside the Box? Silver Linings Learned from COVID-19
Centering Racial Equity in the Pandemic Response & Beyond – National, Statewide & County Perspectives
Reimagining Crisis Response – Diversion & Cultural Responsivity
Peer Programs – Celebrating SB 803 Legislation & Promising Practices
Funding Creative Solutions for Housing Challenges
Reentry, Reintegration, Diversion & Zero Bail
- Chandra Crawford – Director, Individual Homeless Adults, National Alliance to End Homelessness
PowerPoint - Cullen Fowler-Riggs – Lead, California Health Disparities Project, Community Development & Engagement Unit, Office of Health Equity, California Department of Public Health
PowerPoint - Sosha Marasigan-Quintero – Lead, Community Mental Health Equity Project, Community Development & Engagement Unit, Office of Health Equity, California Department of Public Health
- Dawan Utrecht – Director of Behavioral Health, Fresno County
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Reimagining Crisis Response – Diversion & Cultural Responsivity
- Alameda County, Behavioral Health Services: Stephanie Lewis – Division Director, Crisis Services
PowerPoint - Santa Barbara County, Hon. Bill Brown – Sheriff Coroner
Video - Santa Barbara County, Alice Gleghorn – Director, Department of Behavioral Wellness
PowerPoint
Peer Programs – Celebrating SB 803 Legislation & Promising Practices
- Moderator: Dave Meyer – Clinical Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, Law & Behavioral Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine
- Hon. Jim Beall – California State Senator, 15th Senate District; Chair – Senate Mental Health Caucus and Senate Select Committee on Mental Health
Funding Creative Solutions for Housing Challenges
- Alameda County, SSI Advocacy: Supporting Income & Housing for Disabled Adults:
- Introduction: David Panush – President, California Health Policy Strategies
- Presentation: John Engstrom – Quality Improvement, Alameda County Behavioral Health
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- San Diego County, Continuum of Care with the COVID-19 Twist:
- Tamera Kohler – Chief Executive Officer, San Diego Regional Task Force on the Homeless
- Lahela Mattox – Chief Operations Officer, San Diego Regional Task Force on the Homeless
- Tamera Kohler – Chief Executive Officer, San Diego Regional Task Force on the Homeless
- California Department of Social Services:
- Corrin Buchanan – Assistant Director of Housing and Homelessness
Reentry, Reintegration, Diversion & Zero Bail
- Santa Clara County, Superior Court:
- Hon. Stephen Manley – Judge, State of California, Santa Clara County Superior Court, Zero Bail Technology Innovation
- Fresno County, Behavioral Health:
- Susan Holt – Deputy Director, Clinical Operations, Behavioral Health
- San Francisco County, Probation:
- Alex Weil – Director, Probation Team/Community Assessment & Services Center [CASC], Citywide Forensics
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- Alex Weil – Director, Probation Team/Community Assessment & Services Center [CASC], Citywide Forensics
Words to Deeds XIV Leadership Group
- Deanna Adams – Senior Analyst, Judicial Council of California, Criminal Justice Services, Operations & Programs Division
- Bill Brown – Sheriff-Coroner, Santa Barbara County
- Grace Childs – Executive Associate, Urban Counties of California
- Cathy Coyne – Government Affairs Liaison, California State Sheriffs’ Association
- Christina Edens – Deputy Director, Forensic Services Division, California Department of State Hospitals
- Hallie Fader-Towe – Senior Policy Advisor, Council of State Governments Justice Center
- Morgan Grabau – Events & Communications Director, Forensic Mental Health Association of California
- Brenda Grealish – Executive Officer, Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health
- Carmen Green – Executive Director, California State Sheriffs’ Association
- Catherina Isidro – Executive Director, Forensic Mental Health Association of California
- Kathryn Jett – Senior Policy Consultant, California Forward
- Kathleen Lacey – Program Director, UCSF/Citywide Case Management
- Sheree Lowe – Vice President, Behavioral Health, California Hospital Association
- Lahela Mattox – Chief Operations Officer, San Diego Regional Task Force on the Homeless
- Rosie McCool – Deputy Director, Chief Probation Officers of California
- David Meyer – Clinical Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine
- Ashley Mills – Research Supervisor, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
- Mike Radford – Bureau Chief, Training Program Services Bureau, Commission on Peace Officer Standards & Training
- Stephanie Regular – Assistant Public Defender, Contra Costa County
- Tyler Rinde — Legislative Analyst, County Behavioral Health Directors Association
- Patricia Ryan – Consultant; Executive Director (Ret.), County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California
- Linda Tomasello – Senior Governmental Program Analyst, California Highway Patrol
- Kit Wall – Words to Deeds Project Director, Kit Wall Productions
- Tracey Whitney – Deputy District Attorney, Mental Health Liaison, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
- Molly Willenbring – Executive Director, First Responder Support Network
- Helene Zentner – Field Representative, California Board of State and Community Corrections
- Carrie Zoller – Supervising Attorney, Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts