Responses to the 2013-2014 Grand Jury Report Every year, when the annual Santa Cruz County Grand Jury Report is

The County has been represented at all 19 meetings by at least one staff member from HSA.

There were only 4 meetings where one staff member from HSA attended. For 3 of the 4 meetings the staff member representing HSA was the Director of Behavioral Health. The 4rth meeting was attended by the Director's designee.

The remaining 15 meetings where represented by at least 2 staff from HSA: a. 8 meetings were attended by 2 staff from HSA b. 6 meetings were attended by 3 staff from HSA c. 1 meeting was attended by 4 staff from HSA ○ Response from Santa Cruz County Mental Health Advisory Board: no response ● Finding 5: The mandated stakeholder meetings are not successfully attracting participation by county residents. ○ Response from Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency (Erik G. Riera): Partially Disagree The last public forum held in May 2014 to review the MHSA 3-year plan had over 80 people in attendance. A survey was administered to those attending, and there were 50 respondents. Of the respondents, 32% indicated they were consumers, 18% indicated they were family members, and 2% indicated they were members of the general public. The County will be initiating a planned strategic planning process in the fall to further refine and solicit recommendations on the adult and children's system of care, and is planning separate sessions in North and South County, 2 sessions per region for a total of 4 public sessions and is anticipating broader representation and participation at these meetings. ● Finding 6: Five vacancies on the 11member Advisory Board left it ineffective for months during our investigation. ○ Response from the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors: Partially disagree There have been several vacancies throughout the 13-14 fiscal year but there was only one month in which there were five (5) vacancies. The number of vacancies for each month are as follows: July 2013: 3 August 2013: 3 September 2013: 3 October 2013: 3 November 2013: 3 December 2013: 3 January 2014: 3 February 2014: 3 March 2014: 4 April 2014: 5 May 2014: 3 June 2014: 3 July 2014: 3