1. (a) The Workforce Staffing Support Funding Category may fund, but is not limited to, the following:

   1. (1) Public Mental Health System staff to plan, recruit, coordinate, administer, support and/or evaluate Workforce Education and Training programs and activities, when the staff is not funded through any of the other funding categories in Section 3840.

   2. (2) Staff to support Regional Partnerships, as defined in Section 3200.255, when performing activities that address the following:

      1. (A) Shortages within the workforce or shortages of workforce skills identified as critical by the Regional Partnership.
      2. (B) Deficits in cultural and/or linguistic competence.
      3. (C) Promotion of employment and career opportunities in the Public Mental Health System for clients and family members of clients.

   3. (3) Staff to provide ongoing employment and educational counseling and support to:

      1. (A) Clients entering or currently employed in the Public Mental Health System workforce.
      2. (B) Family members of clients who are entering or currently employed in the Public Mental Health System workforce.
      3. (C) Family members who are entering or currently employed in the Public Mental Health System workforce.
   4. (4) Staff to provide education and support to employers and employees to assist with the integration of clients and/or family members of clients into the Public Mental Health System workforce.
   5. (5) Staff necessary to support activities in multiple Workforce Education and Training funding categories when the staff time is not included in the budget for any other funding category in Section 3840.
   6. (6) The Workforce Education and Training Coordinator required in Section 3810(b).

Note: Authority cited: Section 5898, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 5820 and 5822,Welfare and Institutions Code.

History

1. New section filed 11-4-2009; operative 12-4-2009 (Register 2009, No. 45).