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Current Events

Revitalize & Thrive: Cultivating Self-Care Habits in Context of Our Communities
Thursday March 28, 2024, 10:00 am–11:30 am | View flyer
Online Program (Register)

Caught in the Crossfire of Cultures
April 19th & May 17th, 9am-2pm | View flyer
For more information: (510)445-1015, (925)858-5421, docrahmany@yahoo.com

How can mental health affect your triumphs and or challenges in your past and present? How will you change the future with your experience?
Date for Submissions: March 18-April 30 | Submit a 2-D Artwork illustrating the topic and artist statement. | Winners will receive a $50 gift card and art supplies and their artwork will be showcased on billboards.
Contact: Dennis Hong at dhong.hhrec@gmail.com for questions | View flyer

What is the Mental Health Services Act?

More than two million Californians are affected by potentially disabling mental illnesses every year.

To address this, in 2004 voters passed Proposition 63, now known as the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). It places a 1 percent tax on personal income above $1 million. MHSA was designed to expand and transform the mental health system, while improving the quality of life for people living with mental health challenges. Consumers and their families were partners in the process, from drafting the MHSA to campaigning for its passage.

MHSA funds effective treatment, prevention and early intervention, outreach support services, and family involvement programs to increase access and reduce inequities for unserved, underserved, and inappropriately served populations.

MHSA Core Values

  • Community collaboration

  • Cultural competence

  • Consumer and family-driven services

  • Focus on wellness, recovery, resiliency

  • Integrated service experiences for clients and families

ACMHSA Continuum

This diagram shows the spectrum of MHSA services from prevention through treatment and recovery.

Community Services & Supports

Community Services
& Supports

Prevention and Early Intervention

Prevention &
Early Intervention

Workforce Education & Training

Workforce Education
& Training

Innovation Grants

Innovation Grants &
Community Learning

Capital Facilities and Technology

Capital Facilities
& Technology

Housing Solutions for Health Office

Stakeholders Make a Difference!

Stakeholders strive to maintain a focus on the people being served, while working together with openness and mutual respect.

Stories of Success

These stories highlight some of the ways Mental Health Service Act (MHSA) funding is improving the quality of life for Alameda County residents who live with a mental illness.

Khantane Jackson

I am The Prince of Hearts. Love has always been the current that has carried me throughout my life. When I think of the question “Who am I”, nowadays the first thing that comes to my heart is love. I [...]

Nancy Nguyen

My name is Nancy Nguyen and I come from a Vietnamese immigrant family. I grew up in a town called Perris in southern California. Currently, I am studying integrative biology and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. Ultimately, [...]

Lupita Martinez

My name is Lupita Martinez and I'm from East Oakland CA. I was born in the city of San Francisco, but I grew up in Oakland and Fruitvale. I'm half Mexican, a quarter Salvadorian, and a quarter Nicaraguan. I have [...]

Maria Guadalupe Zaragoza Barajas

My name is Maria Guadalupe Zaragoza Barajas, and I am an immigrant from Mexico. In 2010, my family moved to California, to escape a world of poverty, violence, and no education. I have lived in all parts of the Bay [...]

Sara Rosenblatt

My name is Sara Rosenblatt, I’m currently a UC Berkeley student living in Berkeley. I was born in Annapolis Maryland, lived in Dallas Texas for 6 years, and moved near Sacramento (Roseville specifically) in 2011. This is my second year [...]

Samu Tiavolo

Samu Tiavolo is a seventeen-year-old from Hayward, CA. He is currently a senior at Mt. Eden High School. He is the ASB Secretary, Polynesian Club president, and has served in his school leadership program for all four years of high [...]

MHSA Photo Gallery

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