Innovations Community Program Planning Survey

Background:

As part of Proposition 63, known as the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), we are pleased to ask for your help in developing our County’s MHSA Innovations (INN) plan. MHSA provides funds to Fresno County to help expand and transform mental health care services. MHSA/INN will develop and fund new and creative strategies for improvements to the mental health care system in our County.

There are restrictions in how the INN funds can be used. Generally speaking, INN funds must be used for at least one of the following innovations:
• To develop a new and creative approach to address mental health practices
• To develop a project that contributes to learning about our system
• To create solutions for on-going, hard-to-fix problems in mental health

Innovative programs promote learning by introducing new mental health practices that have never been done before; changing current approaches; or introducing a new practice that has been successful in natural community settings that do not traditionally provide mental health care. Please also note that Fresno County’s proposed INN projects will not be able to copy programs that exist in other counties. The INN plan must be innovative. To help us develop a plan that includes your ideas, experiences, and needs we hope that you will take a few moments to answer a few questions.

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A) DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: (voluntary and confidential)

1. Cultural Identity:

Hispanic/ Latino

Asian

Pacific Islander

African American

Native

White

Multi-cultural

Other (please specify)

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2. Age

14-18

18-24

25-39

40-49

50-64

65+

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3. Employment Status

Full-time, permanent

Full-time, temporary

Part-time, 25-40 hours/week

Part-time, less than 25 hours

Unemployed, but searching

Unemployed/Permanently disabled

Retired

Military

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B) SURVEY QUESTIONS: (voluntary and confidential)

1. We want to identify the people who would benefit the most from innovative ideas in mental health services. In your opinion, which three groups of people should be the focus of innovative ideas?

Children

Transition age youth (ages 16-24)

Adults

Older adults

Those living in the City

Those living in Rural areas

Neighborhoods

Cultural/linguistic communities

First generation immigrants

Migrant workers

Those living in poverty

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning

Families (self-defined)

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2. ACCESS: What are your ideas for helping people from different backgrounds and areas outside of the City of Fresno (for example in Reedley, Kerman, Mendota, and other places) have access to mental health care?

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3. QUALITY: What are your ideas to improve mental health care in your community?

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4. COLLABORATION: Which groups or agencies could work together in new ways to improve mental health care? How could they work together better?

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5. UNSERVED: How can we help people who are afraid to ask for help (because of being poor, not having transportation, not speaking English, feeling alone, afraid someone will find out).

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6. STRENGTHS: What are the strengths of your community or culture (or organization) that we could learn from to help improve mental health care?

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7. LEARNING OUTCOMES: What do you hope happens in your community with this planning process? What do you hope the County learns from this planning process?

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8. OTHER IDEAS: Do you have any other ideas?

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Thank you for completing the survey. Your responses will help Fresno County INN plan development. These projects will be presented at a community-wide meeting that will be announced at a future date. If you wish to be notified of this meeting and receive other important news regarding the MHSA/INN, please provide a contact email address below or check for updates on Fresno County’s MHSA webpage, located at:

http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/mhsa

Email Address:

For questions or comments, please contact:
Jim Ritchie
452-3472
or email: jritchie@co.fresno.ca.us

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A) DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: (voluntary and confidential) 1. Cultural Identity:

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2. Age

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3. Employment Status

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B) SURVEY QUESTIONS: (voluntary and confidential)1. We want to identify the people who would benefit the most from innovative ideas in mental health services. In your opinion, which three groups of people should be the focus of innovative ideas?

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2. ACCESS: What are your ideas for helping people from different backgrounds and areas outside of the City of Fresno (for example in Reedley, Kerman, Mendota, and other places) have access to mental health care?

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3. QUALITY: What are your ideas to improve mental health care in your community?

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4. COLLABORATION: Which groups or agencies could work together in new ways to improve mental health care? How could they work together better?

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5. UNSERVED: How can we help people who are afraid to ask for help (because of being poor, not having transportation, not speaking English, feeling alone, afraid someone will find out).

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6. STRENGTHS: What are the strengths of your community or culture (or organization) that we could learn from to help improve mental health care?

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7. LEARNING OUTCOMES: What do you hope happens in your community with this planning process? What do you hope the County learns from this planning process?

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8. OTHER IDEAS: Do you have any other ideas?

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A) DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: (voluntary and confidential)

1. Cultural Identity:

B) SURVEY QUESTIONS: (voluntary and confidential)

1. We want to identify the people who would benefit the most from innovative ideas in mental health services. In your opinion, which three groups of people should be the focus of innovative ideas?