California law and regulation requires that regional centers display on their Web sites information about the dollar value of services they purchase for clients. These data (called "purchase of service" or "POS" data) must be reported separately by clients' ethnic/racial group, langauge and diagnosis.
Mental Health Information
Meeting the Challenges of Dual Diagnosis - Resources
- State Department of Developmental Services: www.dds.ca.gov
- Association of Regional Center Services (ARCA): www.arcanet.org
- State Department of Mental Health: www.dmh.ca.gov
- State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: www.cdcr.ca.gov
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): www.nami.org
- California Department of Education: www.cde.ca.gov/index.asp
- Social Security Administration (SSA): answers TTW or SSA questions: 1-800-772-1213 (Voice) or 1-800-325-0778 (TDD).
SSA Ticket to Work Web site: www.ssa.gov/work/
MAXIMUS, Program Manager for Ticket To Work Program: verify your ticket status and eligibility and answer your questions about TTW: 1-866-968-7842 (Voice) or 1-866-833-2967 (TDD) - TDD provides referral to local DOR office: 1-866-449-2730 (Voice) or 1-866-359-7705 (TDD) or e-mail at TTWinfo@dor.ca.gov
- Disability Benefits 101 working with a disability in California Web site: www.disabilitybenefits101.org
- WIPA Community Work Incentives Coordinators (CWIC) are located throughout California and provide benefits counseling: www.disabilitybenefits101.org and click on Talk to an Expert: Find a Benefits Planner Near You link or www.ssa.gov/work/ and click on WIPAs.
- PAS/IHSS/Medicaid: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/primer.htm
- www.dss.cahwnet.gov/CDSSWEB/entres/pdf/ODA/AdvocacyResources.pdf
- History of Mental Health: www.mnpsychsoc.org/history appendix.pdf
- Grants to States supporting Consumer Direction and Community Based Services by RWJF: www.pascenter.org/foundation_grants
- Rehab Info - Trusted Rehab Referrals: www.rehabinfo.net
- SAMHSA Treatment Facility Locator: http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov
- Info on Drugs – Drugs of Abuse Handout
- PsychPharm – Substance Use Handout
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The Los Angeles Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Education (LA MHaDDE) Program - This resource directory was developed in 2011 for participants of the LA MHaDDE Program. The aim of this resource directory is to provide mental health and developmental disabilities resource listings of available local community resources in West and North Los Angeles Counties.
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Mental Health Developmental Disabilities Collaborative - The Collaborative strengthens relationships between agencies that provide mental health services to persons with developmental disabilities and provides an opportunity for agencies to address issues facing this population.
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Psychotropic Medications in Persons with Developmental Disabilities - An Overview for Families and Other Care Providers.
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TEDMED Talks Nora Volkow Why our Brains get addicted (16.24)
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MARSTE Training Services – Recovery coaching and Systems Navigation for persons with DD – Substance Use Disorders (SUD)
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Wellness Center Wiki Website DMH - This website contains information for Clients, the General Public, and for MH staff.
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Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program HUD manages the HOPWA Program Nationally.
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Housing Rights Center Los Angeles - The Housing Rights Center (HRC) is the nation’s largest, nonprofit civil-rights organization dedicated to promoting and securing fair housing.
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http://ca.db101.org/ - Disability Benefits 101 (DB101) helps workers, job seekers, and service providers understand the connections between work and benefits.
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http://www.ncwd-youth.info/workforce-development - The workforce development system includes national, state, and local organizations that plan, fund, oversee, and operate programs helping individuals and employers obtain education, training, job placement, and job recruitment.
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http://wcrc.pbworks.com/w/page/10514116/Employment%20and%20Education - List of resources and employment opportunities for clients, providers, and family members.
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https://www.onetonline.org/ - O*NET OnLine has detailed descriptions of the world of work for use by job seekers, workforce development and HR professionals, students, researchers, and more!
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http://store.samhsa.gov/product/Supported-Employment-Evidence-Based-Practices-EBP-KIT/SMA08-4365 - Provides practice principles about supported employment, an approach to vocational rehabilitation for people with serious mental illnesses. Promotes the belief that everyone with a serious mental illness is capable of working competitively in the community.
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http://mentalhealth.socwel.ku.edu/ - In its work, the Center has been closely involved with the Kansas Association of Mental Health Centers, and a myriad of agencies and consumer groups. Quite literally tens of thousands of clients living with severe and persistent mental illness and their families have benefited from their work.
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http://www.dartmouthips.org/ - IPS Model Dartmouth Supported Employment.
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http://cpr.bu.edu/ - Employment Repository & vocational resources.
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http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/about/cap.html - CAP was established to improve communication and help resolve issues between clients and vocational rehabilitation/DOR staff and other Rehabilitation Act funded program staff.