Sacramento, CA – The leaders of California’s county and community behavioral health system appreciate Governor Gavin Newsom’s commitment to maintaining and prioritizing the state’s behavioral health programs and progress in his May Revision budget proposal for 2023-24. “In a time of both fiscal uncertainty and great need, we appreciate the critical attention to strengthening our behavioral health […]
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County Leaders Statement on Racism as a Public Health Crisis
March 16, 2021 – Leaders from California county associations join federal, state, local, and community partners across the country today to affirm and declare racism as a public health crisis. The County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California (CBHDA), County Welfare Directors Association (CWDA), and California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (CAPH) join […]
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Gov. Newsom Focuses on Historically Underfunded Behavioral Health System in State of the State Message
SACRAMENTO, CA, Feb. 19, 2020 – The County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California (CBHDA) released this statement from Executive Director Michelle Doty Cabrera following the Governor’s “State of the State” address today. Cabrera is also a member of the Governor’s Council of Regional Homelessness Advisors (“task force”). In focusing this year’s State of the […]