WET Plan Development Tools

This page includes documents which detail strategies and tools that counties have used to assess educational and employment needs.  Resources are arrayed by the following categories:

County WET Planning Documents / Project Management Tools / Diversity and Cultural Competency Resources / CMHDA Planning and Resource Documents / Reasonable Accommodation Information and Resources / Disability Benefits 101 Information / Articles and Reports of Interest

County Workforce Education and Training Planning Documents

• How to Conduct a Workforce Education and Training Inventory (CiMH) (January 2008) (PDF 19 KB)
• Consumer Employment Plan - Alameda County (2008) (PDF 2.1 MB)
• Consumer Employment Strategies - Alameda County (PDF 70 KB)
• Continuing Education Program - Contra Costa County (PDF 36 KB)
• Policy on Reimbursement of Stakeholders for MHSA Planning and Implementation - Contra Costa County (September 2007) (PDF 282 KB)
• Staff Training Survey - Contra Costa County (PDF 103 KB)
• Four Questions to Improve the Mental Health Workforce - Placer County (PDF 25 KB)
• MHSA Survey Questions - Placer County (PDF 27 KB)
• Workforce Education and Training Survey - Placer County (PDF 56 KB)
• Workforce Education and Training Presentation - Placer County (PDF 358 KB)
• 20/20 Upgrade Training Program - Riverside County (May 2002) (PDF 122 KB)
• WET Fall 2007 Orientation - Riverside County (PDF 24 KB)
• Needs Assessment Tool - Sacramento County (PDF 229 KB)
• Peer and Family Advocate Hiring Process - San Bernadino County (April 2008) (PDF 20 KB)
• Foundation Knowledge - San Mateo County (October 2007) (PDF 32 KB)
• Staff Survey Cover Letter - San Mateo County (November 2007) (PDF 481 KB)
• Workforce Development Survey - San Mateo County (October 2007) (PDF 169 KB)
• Proposed Purpose and Scope of Work - Stanislaus County (October 2007) (PDF 11 KB)
• Stakeholder Handout and Focus Group Questions - Stanislaus County (October 2007) (PDF 17 KB)
• Consumer and Family Member Training Needs Survey - Stanislaus County (PDF 55 KB)
• Consumer and Family Member Training Needs Survey Summary - Stanislaus County (PDF 32 KB)
• Consumer and Family Member Training Needs Report - Stanislaus County (PDF 146 KB)
• Needs Assessment Tool - Stanislaus County (PDF 746 KB)
• Stakeholder Meeting - Stanislaus County (November 2007) (PDF 29 KB)
• Planning Presentation - Stanislaus County (PDF 719 KB)
• Workforce Survey Summary - Ventura County (November 2007) (PDF 49 KB)
• Summary of Analysis - Ventura County (PDF 28 KB)
• Workforce Development Summary of Areas of Concern - Ventura County (PDF 27 KB)
• Program Development Plan - Ventura County (March 2008) (PDF 50 KB)
• Concept Model by Workgroup - Ventura County (PDF 51 KB)
• Workforce Development Plan Concept Model - Ventura County (May 2008) (PDF 32 KB)
• Planning Committee Members - Ventura County (PDF 21 KB)

Project Management Tools

• Education and Career Pathways: Preliminary Project Plan (December 2007) (PDF 52 KB)
• Existing Staff Development: Preliminary Project Plan (December 2007) (PDF 39 KB)
• Financial Incentives: Preliminary Project Plan (December 2007) (PDF 46 KB)
• Peer Employment: Preliminary Project Plan (December 2007) (PDF 42 KB)
• Plan Preparation and Program Development (PDF 148 KB)
• Program Management Workshop: Developing Workforce Education and Training (PDF 162 KB)
• Adult Analyses: Client-Driven Needs Assessment - Ventura County (PDF 16 KB)
• Child Analyses: Client-Driven Needs Assessment - Ventura County (PDF 70 KB)
• Project Plan Summary - Ventura County (August 2007) (PDF 81 KB)
• Workforce Survey of Adult Needs - Ventura County (PDF 28 KB)
• Near Term Activities and Assignments - Ventura County (November 2007) (PDF 28 KB)
• Plan and Program Development Gantt Chart - Ventura County (November 2007) (PDF 91 KB)

Diversity and Cultural Competency Resources

• Building Partnerships: Key Considerations when Engaging Underserved Communities
  under the MHSA (PDF 259 KB)
• California Population Projections (PDF 397 KB)
• Increasing Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Public Mental Health Workforce:
  “The Basics” Presentation (PDF 275 KB)

CMHDA Planning and Resource Documents

• Considerations for Counties On Workforce Education and Training Plans (PDF 48 KB)
• WET Informational Brochure (PDF 185 KB)

Reasonable Accommodation Information and Resources

• Dealing with Stigma and Disclosure of Psychiatric Disability in the Workplace (October 2008) (PDF 241 KB)
• Effectively Managing Employees With Disabilities: Demystifying The “Interactive Dialogue” when Determining What Constitutes A Reasonable Accommodation Course Outline (PDF 43 KB)
• Training Topics and Consulting Services Provided by Jane Kow, Jane Kow & Associates, and Roberta Etcheverry, Diversified Management Group (PDF 111 KB)

Disability Benefits 101 Information

• Disability Benefits 101 Info Flyer (PDF 72 KB)
• Basic Benefits Information (PDF 17 KB)
• Link to Disability Benefits 101 webpage

Articles and Reports of Interest

• California's Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs: Meeting the Demands of a 21st-Century Economy by the National Skills Coalition (October 2009) (PDF 1.1 MB)
• The following two reports were published by the UCSF Center for Health Professions:
  • The Mental Health Workforce in California: Trends in Employment, Education, and Diversity (March 2009) (PDF 282 KB)
  • Restructuring California's Mental Health Workforce: Interviews with Key Stakeholders (March 2009) (PDF 419 KB)
• CADPAAC's 2007 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Treatment Workforce Survey (November 2008) (PDF 234 KB)
• The California Mental Health Services Act Stakeholder Process: Issues and Approaches by Laurel Mildred (October 2008) (PDF 222 KB)
  • Executive Summary (PDF 84 KB)
• Diversifying California’s Healthcare Workforce, an Opportunity to Address California’s Health Workforce Shortages (May 2008) (PDF 577 KB)
• Population Impacts of Proposed State Budget Cuts: How Vulnerable Children, Adults, and Seniors Are Impacted (May 2008) (PDF 71 KB)
• Addressing Addiction: Improving and Integrating California's Substance Abuse Treatment System (March 2008) (PDF 992 KB)
• The State of Connectivity: Building Innovation Through Broadband, California Broadband Initiaitve Report (January 2008)
• An Action Plan for Behavioral Health Workforce Development (2007) (PDF 81 MB)
• Engaging the Underserved: Personal Accounts of Communities on Mental Health Needs for Prevention and Early Intervention Strategies (2007) (PDF 1.7 MB)
• Building Partnerships: Key Considerations When Engaging Underserved Communities Under the MHSA (2007) (PDF 264 KB)
• Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions: Increasing Workforce Capacity for Quality Improvement (2006) (PDF 228 KB)
• Managing Change: Understanding the Demographics of the Evolving Workforce (2006) (PDF 190 KB)
• Measuring the Promise: A Compendium of Recovery Measures, Volume II (September 2005) (PDF 2.89 MB)