Innovation

INN 17: TGE Center Project Plan (Draft Plan) 30-Day Public Comment Period has Commenced!

The INN 17: TGE Center Plan (Draft Plan) is now available for you review and can be viewed at: INN 17: TGE Center Project Plan (Draft Plan)

The public comment period is open from March 16 through April 16, 2023. 

To enter your comments related to the Draft Plan, please use the link below and clearly state the page numbers you are referring to for each individual comment you provide:

• Comments for INN 17: TGE Center Project Plan (Draft Plan): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/INN17_30daypublicposting

The public is also invited to submit comments directly to [email protected].
If you need to access a paper copy of the Draft Plan or have difficulties reading it online, please email us at: [email protected] .

You can also join a virtual informational session on Tuesday, March 28th from 3:30-4:30 PM via Zoom if you have any questions or comments about the project plan.

Zoom link: https://sccgov-org.zoom.us/j/98879588216
Meeting ID: 988 7958 8216
One tap mobile
+16692192599,,98879588216# US (San Jose)

We hope you take the opportunity to provide your feedback. Thank you for your collaboration and input!

 

Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Innovation (INN) funds provide exciting opportunities to learn something new that has the potential to transform the behavioral health system. An Innovation program is defined as one that contributes to learning and one that tries out new approaches that can inform current and future practices.

Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5830, all MHSA Innovation projects included in the innovative program portion of the county plan shall meet the following requirements:

(1)Address one of the following purposes as its primary purpose:

•  Increase access to underserved groups.
• Increase the quality of services, including measurable outcomes.
• Promote interagency and community collaboration.
• Increase access to services.

(2) Support innovative approaches by doing one of the following:

•  Introducing new mental health practices or approaches, including, but not limited to, prevention and early intervention.
•  Making a change to an existing mental health practice or approach, including, but not limited to, adaptation for a new setting or community. 
• Introducing a new application to the behavioral health system of a promising community-driven practice or an approach that has been successful in non-mental health contexts or settings.

In general, INN projects are time-limited projects. If an innovative project has proven to be successful and a county chooses to continue it, the project shall transition to another category of funding as appropriate.

The County’s new Innovation Projects were authorized by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on September 26, and approved by the Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) on November 16, 2017. Below are Santa Clara County’s new INN projects:
 

• INN-10:  Faith-Based Training and Supports Project​​​ The original budget was revised after MHSOAC review.)
• INN-11:  Client and Consumer Employment Project
• INN-12:  Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT) and Peer Linkage Project
• INN-13:  headspace Ramp-Up Project
• INN-14: Independent Living & Empowerment Program (ILEP) Project
• BHSD Presentation to MHSOAC on 11-16-17​

​On August 23, 2018, the County returned to the MHSOAC and received approval on the four-year headspace Implementation​ Plan.​ 

• INN-13 headspace Implementation Plan
• BHSD Presentation to MHSOAC on 08-23-18​
• INN-15: Community Mobile Response (CMR) Program
• INN-16: Addressing Trauma and Stigma Among the Vietnamese and African American/African Ancestry Communities


•  Next Round of MHSA Innovation Planning is Underway!
• Innovation Idea Form: Submit your Ideas for New Projects!  You can submit your ideas between November 10 and December 17, 2021.

---

Completed MHSA Innovation Project Reports  

INN-01: Early Childhood Universal Screening Project

• Interim Report on Findings from the Paper-Based Phase of ASQ-3 Administration

INN-02: Peer-run Transition Aged Youth (TAY) Inn Project

• Evaluating an Innovative Approach to Transition Age Youth Self-Sufficiency and Recovery
• TAY INN Extension Year Report: A summary of findings for the extension year evaluation of INN-02 Peer-Run TAY Inn project

INN-03: Adults with Classic Autism and Co-occurring Mental Disorders Project

• Adults with Classic Autism and Co-occurring Mental Disorders Report

INN-04: Elders’ Storytelling Project

• Elders’ Storytelling Project - INN-04 Final Evaluation Report

 INN-06: Transitional Mental Health Services for Newly Released Inmates Project

• Evaluation of Innovation 06: Faith Reentry Collaborative Project
• Faith-Based Reentry Collaborative Annual Report by County Office of Reentry Services

 INN-07: Post-Crisis Intervention Team Project Evaluation Report

• Evaluation of Santa Clara County’s MHSA Innovation ( INN)-07: Post-Crisis Intervention Team Project

 INN-08: Interactive Video Simulation Training (IVST)

• Evaluation of Innovation #8: Interactive Video Simulation Training

The Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) Innovation information:

• MHSOAC Letter on MHSA Innovation Project Approval Process 08-03-12

• MHSOAC Innovation Program Plan Review Tool 07-18-12​

Please send all comments/questions to:

Juan Miguel Munoz-Morris
MHSA Innovations Manager
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number: (408) 890-9168

​​​​​​

CPEHN & LGBT Health & Human Services Network MHSA INN Recommendations, 2018

• MHSA INN Recommendations Full Report, 07-23-18

Innovation Regulations Effective October 1, 2015

• Innovation Regulations - 07/01/15