Words to Deeds XVI Conference |
Paradigm Award Recipients
Law Enforcement Champion
Lisa Heintz Presented by: Kathy Jett Senior Policy Consultant Shatterproof |
State Champion
Stephanie Welch Presented by: Brenda Grealish Executive Officer Council on Criminal Justice & Behavioral Health |
Community Champion
Sandri Kramer Presented by: Adrienne Shilton Director of Public Policy and Strategy The CA Alliance of Child and Family Services |
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
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Updated PowerPoint 4/5/23
Moderator and Presenter: Stephanie Welch – Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health, California Health and Human Services Agency
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- Erika Cristo – Assistant Deputy Director, Community Services and Licensing and Certification, Behavioral Health, Department of Health Care Services
Updated PowerPoint 4/5/23
- Budge Currier – 911 Branch Manager, Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, Office of Emergency Services
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Preventing Crisis – Someone to Call
Moderator: Tom Orrock – Chief, Community Engagement and Grants, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
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
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
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Stabilizing Crisis – Somewhere to Go
Moderator: Brenda Grealish – Executive Officer, Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health
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
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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
DOCUMENT #2 - Homelessness 101 Document – Homelessness Response 101: for Health Care Providers and Stakeholders
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
DOCUMENT #2 - Homelessness 101 Document – Homelessness Response 101: for Health Care Providers and Stakeholders
- 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
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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
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
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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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