MHSA Education

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10 Steps to Consider A Workforce, Education,
and Training Planning Guide
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1. Create A Vision
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2. Use Your Vision
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3. Assess Your Needs
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• 4. Know Your Total Funding Availability

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5. UNITE LOCAL EXPERTISE Establish a Workforce,
Education, and Training (WET) Committee with

• County Mental Health Leaders
• Consumers
• Family Members
• Representatives from Ethnically Diverse
  Communities
• Community-based Agencies
• County Human Resources Department/Personnel
• County Finance
• Agency Partners, such as Probation, Social
  Services, Educational Programs
• Training and Internship Coordinators
• Ethnic Services Managers
• Others i.e. local workforce entities,
  faith-based communities

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6. Utilize Local Expertise and Input
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7. Put Folks to Work
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8. Connect Your Work to the Community
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9. Finalize the Plan
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10. Submit the Plan
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Regional Partnership County Interview Guide for
Education, Training and Workforce
Development Developed by Toni Tullys, Project
Director Regional Workforce Development, CiMH
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• County and Key Contacts
• Director, MHSA Coordinator, Training
  Coordinator, Consumer Affairs Manager, Ethnic
  Services Manager, other staff
• If you dont have a training coordinator, do
  you plan to hire one?
• Have you created a vision for the MHSA? What
  did you learn from your CSS stakeholder and
  planning process? What did you identify as
  training needs? Workforce needs? Cultural and
  linguistic needs? What kind of political/
  leadership support exists for MHSA/public mental
  health activities within your county?
• Do you have an MHSA Advisory Group? What is
  its purpose? Composition? Meeting schedule?
  Could you use this same group (with some
  additions) as a Workforce Advisory
  Group/Planning Committee?
• Have you worked with other county departments
  such as Human Resources, Finance, the Auditors
  office, or County Counsel? Program departments,
  i.e. Social Services, Juvenile Justice, etc.?
  Does your county have training staff/resources?
• Is your county a federally designated
  workforce shortage area?
• Are you participating in any
  workforce-related pilot projects, regional
  projects, grant funded projects?

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II. Education, Training and Workforce
Needs What are your workforce needs,
priorities, opportunities and challenges
(internal and external)? What is currently
underway re training and education activities?
What are your areas of focus? Who is being
trained? By whom? Towards what goal(s)? Do
you offer any kind of financial incentive program
for existing staff? Potential employees?
Have you created a workforce vision? What do
you want your workforce to look like in 5 years?
10 years? How do you plan to use your early
implementation funding and to approach the 3
Year Education and Training Plan? Do you
have any successful strategies that you would
like to share? Lessons learned?
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III. CBO Partnerships of contracted
services Who are your primary CBO providers?
Do they have training staff? Do they provide
trainings? What kinds of programs/supports/service
s/linkages do the CBOs provide re consumer
employment, cultural and linguistic competency,
education and training and workforce
development? What kinds of opportunities
exist for CBOs to participate in the countys
training and education activities? What are
the CBOs workforce needs?
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IV. Consumer and Family Member Employment What
is currently underway re consumer and family
member employment? What kinds of positions do
you offer for consumers? Do you have
services/supports in place for consumer
employees? Have you offered trainings/support for
your existing staff to help pave the way for
consumer employees? Do you have local
constituency organizations in your county?
Peer-led organizations or efforts? Do you have
relationships with these organizations or
individuals? What support/technical
assistance do you need to support this effort?
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V. Cultural and Linguistic Competency Who
are the underserved, un-served and
inappropriately served populations in your
county? What are your threshold language
needs? Do you have contracts/working
relationships with culturally or ethnically
specific CBO providers or primary care entities
who serve culturally or ethnically specific
populations? What is currently underway re
increasing/strengthening cultural competency
within your department and with your staff?
Increasing workforce diversity? Increasing
bi- lingual skills? What have you learned from
your outreach and stakeholder processes? Do you
have any successful strategies that you would
like to share? Lessons learned? What
support/technical assistance do you need to
strengthen these efforts?
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VI. Existing Partnerships Who are the
underserved, un-served and inappropriately served
populations in your county? What are your
threshold language needs? Do you have any
existing partnerships with the following
organizations? If so, what is taking place? Are
there specific activities or programs underway?
Who are your key contacts? 1. Department of
Mental Health/Department of Rehabilitation
Co-operative Program 2. County Mental Health
Departments/CBOs 3. Educational Institutions
I. High Schools ii. Community College
iii. 4 Year Colleges and Universities
iv. Graduate and Professional
Schools v. Do you have any interns or
fieldwork placements within the county
or the larger public mental health system?
vi. Do members of your staff serve as clinical
supervisors for interns? 4. Primary Care
Organizations 5. Workforce Initiatives
i. Local Workforce Investment Boards ii.
Employment Services (in or out of the county
system) iii. Local or Regional Workforce
Initiatives (through healthcare and/or
business alliances, local foundations) 6. Other
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VII. Regional Efforts How would you define
your regional workforce needs? Do you have
suggestions for regional projects?
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CiMH Activity Typology Applied
VALUES Family Driven WellnessRecovery
Resilience Integrated Service Experience
including Co-Occurring Disorders
VALUES Consumer Centered/ Driven Eliminating
Ethnic Disparities Community Collaboration REV
9.18.07
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CiMH Activity Typology
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Toni Tullys, MPAProject Director Regional
Workforce DevelopmentCalifornia Institute for
Mental Health916-556-3480 ext.
145 ttullys_at_cimh.org Brian Keefer, MA Project
Manager, Human Resources Committee California
Mental Health Planning Council1600 9th Street,
Room 350Sacramento, CA 95814(916)
651-8169brian.keefer_at_dmh.ca.gov