Behavioral Health Advisory Board
Purpose Statement and Board Priorities
The purpose of the County of San Diego Behavioral Health Advisory Board is to review and evaluate the community’s behavioral health needs, services, programs, facilities, and procedures used to ensure citizen and professional involvement in the planning process.
Priorities of the Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB) for 2026
Each year, the
Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB) identifies behavioral health
priorities that enhance BHAB’s value to the community and may inform
the establishment of BHAB subcommittees. The priorities listed below,
as identified by BHAB members through member discussion at BHAB
convenings, focus on behavioral health policy implications while
acknowledging the intersection with criminal justice and community
engagement.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH POLICY IMPLICATIONS
- Continuum of Care
- BHAB will support efforts to increase a culture of transparency where sharing strengths and challenges is encouraged by service providers and people across the continuum of care and their impact on the system and the people it is designed to serve.
- Enhancing
Communication and Community Voice
- BHAB will strengthen clear, consistent, two-way communication by creating accesible, sustainable communication mechanisms, informed by community-based organizations, contracted partners, and other stakeholders' input, to elevate insights, concerns, and lived experience directly with BHAB, including around challenges navigating the behavioral health system.
- BHAB will focus on improving the flow of timely and accurate information back to the community about initiatives, services, policies, navigation supports, and engagement opportunities to build trust, transparency, and meaningful community influence on system priorities.
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