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(Sacramento, CA) A huge burden on families with children who need IHSS has been removed as a result of DRC’s advocacy with the state. On December 21, 2023, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) released guidance implementing changes in state law that remove restrictions on when parents can be paid IHSS providers for their minor children with disabilities.

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[image:15215] The Honorable Jim Wood Chair, Assembly Health Committee 1020 N Street, Room 390 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: SB 43 (EGGMAN) as amended April 27, 2023 - OPPOSE  The organizations submitting this letter advance and protect the rights of Californians living with mental health disabilities. We advocate for voluntary, community-based treatment and services and the expansion of choices, rights, and liberties for people living with mental health disabilities. 

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This publication discusses Medi-Cal mental health services available through your county. Each county offers mental health services as part of a county “Mental Health Plan” (MHP). Mental health services offered through your county’s Mental Health Plan are sometimes called “Specialty Mental Health Services” (SMHS). This publication discusses Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) for children and youth under age 21.

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¡Únase con nosotros para una jornada de puertas abiertas! ¿Está conectado a un centro regional en el área de Inland Empire o San Gabriel/Pomona? ¡Entonces está invitado a reunirse y conectarse en la jornada de puertas abiertas de la Oficina de Defensa de los Derechos de los Clientes (OCRA) de Disability Rights California! Únase con nosotros en nuestra oficina para actividades y refrigerios mientras conoce a las personas que lo apoyan a través del trabajo de OCRA en el Centro Regional Inland y el Centro Regional San Gabriel Pomona.

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Disability Rights California (DRC) recently learned through media reports that Sacramento County is housing foster youth at the Warren E. Thornton Youth Center (“WET Center”), an unlicensed juvenile facility formerly operated by Sacramento County Probation. In response, DRC’s Investigations Unit opened an investigation into the facility and conducted an unannounced site inspection on April 17, 2023.

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Co-written by Rithy Hanh Everyone deserves a safe place to call home, especially people coming to a new country as refugees. For a group of families from Cambodia, they were determined to make their corner of Stockton, California a place of belonging and support.

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Keep your confirmation email in a safe place because it will contain the webinar link. If you cannot find your confirmation email please check your spam/junk folder. If you do not receive a confirmation email, contact Deb Roth at Deb.Roth@disabilityrightsca.org. Email Jenny Olson at Jenny.Olson@disabilityrightsca.org by November 21, 2023 if you require any reasonable accommodations.

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Disability Rights California has long argued that the voices of people with lived experience with mental health disabilities are missing from the creation of policies about mental illness. In the last few years, California has enacted sweeping legislation to rewrite mental health law, in ways likely to increase the amount of involuntary treatment.

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Join us for a live webinar. California laws related to mental health and conservatorship have changed dramatically in the last several years. Please join us for a conversation about the implications of new laws expanding involuntary treatment and voluntary community alternatives worth considering. *This training is presented from a peer perspective by people who have lived experience with mental health. Live Captions, ASL Interpreter Available

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