BHSA Community Planning Process (CPP)

BHSA Community Program Planning Process
BHSA requires counties to look at their whole behavioral health system of care through a formal Community Program Planning Process (CPPP). The CPPP supports the County of Imperial’s goal to involve communities in meaningful conversations and decision-making about local behavioral health services to ensure programs reflect their unique needs and voices.
BHSA’s CPP process includes enhanced community engagement efforts intended to bring together a broad range of voices to provide input on mental health and substance use services, policies, program planning, implementation, budget allocation, and others.

Counties are required to engage with specific stakeholder groups as part of the CPP.

Stakeholder Engagement Should Include:

• Eligible adults and older adults (individuals with lived experience)
• Families of eligible children and youth, eligible adults, and eligible older adults (families with lived experience)
• Youths (individuals with lived experience) or youth mental health or substance use disorder organizations
• Providers of mental health services and substance use disorder treatment services
• Public safety partners, including county juvenile justice agencies
• Local education agencies
• Higher education partners
• Early childhood organizations
• Local public health jurisdictions
• County social services and child welfare agencies
• Labor representative organizations
• Veterans
• Representatives from veterans’ organizations
• Health care organizations, including hospitals
• Health care service plans, including Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans (MCPs)
• Disability insurers (a commercial disability insurer that covers hospital, medical or surgical benefits as defined in Insurance Code section 106, subdivision (b))
• Tribal and Indian Health Program designees established for Medi-Cal Tribal consultation purposes
• The five most populous cities in counties
• Area Agencies on Aging
• Independent Living Centers
• Continuums of care, including representatives from the homeless service provider community
• Regional centers
• Emergency medical services
• Community-based organizations serving culturally and linguistically diverse constituents
• Representatives from youth from historically marginalized communities
• Representatives from organizations specializing in working with underserved racially and ethnically diverse communities
• Representatives from LGBTQ+ communities
• Victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse
• People with lived experience of homelessness