CARE Act Working Group

About

The Community Assistance, Recovery & Empowerment (CARE) Act creates a new pathway to deliver mental health and substance use disorder services to the most severely impaired Californians who too often suffer in homelessness or incarceration without treatment. The purpose of the CARE Act Working Group is to provide coordination and on-going engagement with, and support collaboration among, relevant state and local partners and other stakeholders throughout the phases of county implementation to support the successful implementation of the CARE Act.

For additional information:

To join the CARE Act listserv, please contact CAREAct@chhs.ca.gov.

Members

Al Rowlett – Turning Point Community Programs
Anthony Ruffin – Community Center Director 1, LA DMH Concierge Outreach Team
Beau Hennemann – Anthem Blue Cross
Bill Stewart – San Diego County Behavioral Health Advisory Board, Chair (BHAB)
Charlene Depner – Center for Families, Children & the Courts Judicial Council of California
Chevon Kothari – Sacramento County Social Services
Dhakshike Wickrema – California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency
Dr. Fadi Nicolas – Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital
Dr. Veronica Kelley – Orange County Mental Health and Recovery Services
Eric Harris – Disability Rights California
Harold Turner – NAMI Urban Los Angeles
Herb Hatanaka – Special Services for Groups
Hon. Maria Hernandez – Superior Court of Orange County
Jenny Bayardo – Executive Officer, California Behavioral Health Planning Council
Jodi Nerell – Sutter Health
Keris Jän Myrick – Person with Lived Experience of Schizophrenia Diagnosis
Khatera Aslami – Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Kiran Savage – California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Lauren Rettagliata – Family Member
Lorin Kline – Legal Aid Association of California
Matt Tuttle – San Jose Firefighters Union Local 230
Sarah Jarman – Director, Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department, City of San Diego
Stephanie Welch – California Health and Human Services Agency
Susan Holt – Fresno County Behavioral Health
Tomequia Moss – All Home CA
Tracie Riggs – Tuolumne County Administration Office
Tyler Sadwith – California Department of Health Care Services, Behavioral Health
Vitka Eisen –CEO, HealthRIGHT 360
Xóchitl Rodriguez Murillo – Deputy Secretary, California Department of Veterans Affairs
Zach Friend – Second District Supervisor for Santa Cruz County
Zachary Olmstead – California Department of Housing and Community Development