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Words to Deeds XVI Conference
November 2-3, 2022

Words to Deeds XVI – Reaching Out: Crisis Response and the Implementation of 988 – A Project of the Forensic Mental Health Association of California
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  • W2D XVI Conference Program​
  • ​Presenter Biographies
  • ​W2D XVI Attendee List​
  • Recording - Day 1
  • Recording - Day 2
  • ​Words to Deeds XVI Snapshot Report
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Reaching Out: Crisis Response and the Implementation of 988

California’s Behavioral Health Crisis Continuum of Care Overview
Moderator and Presenter: Stephanie Welch – Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health, California Health and Human Services Agency
PowerPoint
  • Erika Cristo – Assistant Deputy Director, Community Services and Licensing and Certification, Behavioral Health, Department of Health Care Services
    PowerPoint
  • Budge Currier – 911 Branch Manager, Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, Office of Emergency Services
    PowerPoint
Preventing Crisis – Someone to Call
Moderator: Tom Orrock – Chief, Community Engagement and Grants, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
  • Jim Kooler – Special Consultant, Office of Strategic Partnerships, CalHOPE, Department of Health Care Services
  • Shari Sinwelski – Vice President, Crisis Care, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
    PowerPoint
  • Stacy Kuwahara – Behavioral Health Director, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, Kern County
Responding to Crisis – Someone to Come
Moderator: Karen Larsen, Chief Executive Officer, Steinberg Institute

  • Bill Brown – Sheriff-Coroner, Santa Barbara County
  • Cherylynn Lee – Behavioral Services Manager, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department 
    PowerPoint
  • ​Leticia Galyean, CEO, Seneca Family of Agencies
    PowerPoint
  • Karleen Jakowski, Assistant Director Health and Human Services/Mental Health Director, Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency
    PowerPoint
Stabilizing Crisis – Somewhere to Go
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Moderator: Brenda Grealish – Executive Officer, Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health
  • Amy Ellis – Adult System of Care Division Director, Health and Human Services, Placer County - The Lotus Center
    PowerPoint

  • Scott Zeller – Vice President, Acute Psychiatry, Virtuity – Sacramento County EmPATH Program
    PowerPoint

Taking Action!  Deep-Dive, Blue Sky Sessions - What keeps you up at night?

Beyond the Crisis – Step Down Residential Services and Permanent Housing How do we DO it? Continuing from Day 1, exploring challenges and solutions.
Moderator/Speaker: Lahela Mattox, Chief Operating Officer, Regional Task Force on the Homeless, San Diego
  • Corrin Buchanan, Deputy Secretary of Policy and Strategic Planning, California Health and Human Services Agency
  • Veronica Kelley, Chief, Mental Health and Recovery Services, Orange County Health Care Agency - Step Down and Unique Housing Programs – Be Well Model
    PowerPoint
  • Manuel Jimenez, Jr., Regional Director, La Familia Central Valley - Step Down and Unique Housing Programs – EverWell Model
  • Tyler Fong, Senior Director of Program Initiatives, Brilliant Corners - Permanent Housing Model
    PowerPoint
  • Teresa Pasquini, Founder, Housing that Heals – Lived Experience Perspective
    PowerPoint

    Video
Essential Technology – Links to Success: What do we want and how do we build it?
​Moderator: Jim Kooler – 
Special Consultant, Office of Strategic Partnerships, Department of Health Care Services
  • Budge Currier – 911 Branch Manager, Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, Office of Emergency Services
  • Jonathan Porteus, Chief Executive Officer, WellSpace Health
    PowerPoint
  • Shari Sinwelski – Vice President, Crisis Care, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
    PowerPoint

Words to Deeds XVI Paradigm Award Recipients

  • Law Enforcement Champion: Lisa Heintz – Director of Legislation and Special Projects for the Federal Court Receiver, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
    Presented by: Kathy Jett – Consultant, Shatterproof
  • Community Champion: Sandri Kramer – Director of Community Relations and Special Projects, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
    Accepting the award for Sandri Kramer – Marika Collins from Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
    Presented by: Adrienne Shilton - Director of Public Policy and Strategy, The California Alliance of Child and Family Services
  • ​State Champion: Stephanie Welch – Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health, California Health and Human Services Agency
    ​Presented by: Brenda Grealish – Executive Officer, Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health

Words to Deeds XVI Leadership Group

  • Deanna Adams – Senior Analyst, Judicial Council of California, Criminal Justice Services, Operations & Programs Division
  • ​Bill Brown – Sheriff-Coroner, Santa Barbara County
  • Michelle Cabrera — Executive Director, County Behavioral Health Directors Association
  • Grace Childs – Executive Associate, Urban Counties of California
  • Cathy Coyne – Government Affairs Liaison (Ret.), 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, Shatterproof
  • Karen Larsen – Chief Executive Officer, The Steinberg Institute
  • Sheree Lowe – Vice President, Policy, 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
  • Ryan Morimune – Administration of Justice Legislative Representative, California State Association of Counties
  • Ashley Mills – Research Supervisor, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
  • Jolie Onodera – Health and Behavioral Health Legislative Representative, California State Association of Counties
  • Mike Radford – Bureau Chief, Training Program Services Bureau, Commission on Peace Officer Standards & Training
  • Stephanie Regular – Assistant Public Defender, Contra Costa County
  • Tyler Rinde – Deputy Director, Child Welfare Policy – The California Alliance of Child and Family Services
  • Adrienne Shilton – Director of Public Policy and Strategy – The California Alliance of Child and Family Services
  • Linda Tomasello – Consultant, Crisis Intervention Training
  • Kit Wall – Words to Deeds Project Director, Kit Wall Productions
  • Tracey Whitney – Assistant Head Deputy, Writs & Appeals Division, 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
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