ALAMEDA COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Mental Health Services Act (MHSA)
Community Input Survey for FY 25/26 Annual Plan Update

Survey Instructions

The MHSA was passed by California voters in 2004 and is funded by a one percent income tax on personal income in excess of $1 million per year. It’s designed to expand and transform California's behavioral health system to better serve individuals with, and at risk of, serious mental health issues, and their families. MHSA Programs in Alameda County focus on reducing seven negative outcomes that may result from untreated mental illness: suicide, incarceration, school failure or dropout, unemployment, prolonged suffering, homelessness, and removal of children from their homes.

The MHSA Division wants your input to help strengthen its mental health and wellness programs to better serve you and your community over the next year. In preparing this survey, we reviewed various existing data sources of community Behavioral Health needs. We'd like your assistance in prioritizing these existing needs and offering us ideas/strategies/solutions to these needs.

There are 24 voluntary questions in the survey and it takes about 10 minutes to complete. All responses are anonymous and optional, you're welcome to leave questions blank. For questions, please contact the MHSA Division at MHSA@acgov.org.

Thank you for your help with this community effort!

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* 1. Please select the one that best applies to you:

Resident of Alameda County

Non-resident of Alameda County

I have family/loved ones that reside in Alameda County

I work in Alameda County

I am part of the behavioral health, SUD or wellness workforce in Alameda County

None of the above

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* 2. Do you or someone close to you use behavioral health care services (either mental health or substance use) in Alameda County?

Yes

Unsure

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* 3. Are there enough mental health services available in Alameda County in the language(s) you speak from your specific culture/identity background?

Yes

Unsure

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* 4. Are you aware of changes coming to mental health services in Alameda County as a result of voters passing Proposition 1 - Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA)?

Yes

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* 5. **If you answered ‘YES’ to the previous question, if you could move 7% - 14% of overall funding from one category to another: Which category would you move FROM?**

Housing Interventions - targets housing individuals who are undergoing homelessness due to serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and/or substance abuse disorder.

Full Service Partnerships - programs are designed for individuals with serious emotional disturbance (SED) or a severe mental illness (SMI) who would benefit from an intensive service program. The foundation of Full Service Partnerships is doing “whatever it takes” to help individuals on their path to recovery and wellness.

Behavioral Health Services & Supports - includes crisis, outpatient treatment, early intervention, outreach and engagement, workforce education and training, capital facilities, technological needs, and innovative pilots and projects.

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* 6. Which category would you move the 7% - 14% of funding TO?

Housing Interventions - targets housing individuals who are undergoing homelessness due to serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and/or substance abuse disorder.

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* 7. From our review, we identified 11 broad areas of community need. Please rank these needs in order of importance from your perspective. ("1" is most important; "11" is least important). For definitions of the Categorized Needs click here.

Access, Coordination and Navigation to Mental Health or Substance Use Services

Behavioral Health Workforce

Crisis Continuum

Housing Continuum

Substance Use

Community Violence and Trauma

Needs of Child/Youth/Young Adult Needs

Needs of Adult/Older Adult

Needs of Family Members

Needs of Veterans

Needs of the Re-entry Community

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* 8. **For the Area of Need that you ranked as #1, most important, please share any ideas/strategies/solutions to help us improve this area for communities in Alameda County.**

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* 9. What did We Miss? Please share other concerns or solutions that you have that haven't been mentioned.

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* 10. In which part of Alameda County do you LIVE and or WORK and or CARE FOR SOMEONE?

Other (please specify)

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* 11. My AGE RANGE is:

Under 16

16-25

26-59

60 and over

Prefer not to answer

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* 12. What language do you primarily receive services in?

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* 13. **What is your current GENDER IDENTITY?**

Woman/Female

Man/Male

Genderqueer or Gender Fluid

Transgender: Male or Female

Transgender: Female to Male

Non-binary (neither male nor female)

Two-Spirit (a term used by some Native American/Indigenous individuals)

Prefer not to answer

Other Gender Identity (please specify)

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* 14. **Which of the following BEST REPRESENTS how you think of yourself?**

Straight/heterosexual (not lesbian or gay)

Gay/Lesbian

Bisexual

Same gender loving

Asexual

Pansexual

Prefer not to answer

Other (please specify)

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* 15. **What is your ETHNICITY?**

Hispanic/Latino

Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino

Prefer not to answer

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* 16. **What is your RACE? (Please select all that apply)**

African-American/Black

American Indian/Alaskan Native

Asian

Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian

White/Caucasian

Prefer not to answer

Other (please specify)

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* 17. **If you marked "ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER" under question 16, please tell us about our nationality or country of origin? (Please select all that apply)**

Asian/Indian

Cambodian

Chinese

Filipino/a

Japanese

Korean

Samoan

Taiwanese

Tongan

Vietnamese

Other (please specify)

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* 18. **Which of the following STAKEHOLDER GROUP(s), do you primarily represent? (Please select all that apply)**

Active Military/Reserve or Guard/Veteran

Caregiver

Community Member

Consumer

Education

Faith Community

Family member

Former involvement with the foster care system

Healthcare worker

Law enforcement agency

Provider of mental health or substance use disorder programming

Re-entry

Student

Prefer not to answer

Other (please specify)

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* 19. What kind of insurance (if any) do you have?

I don't have any health insurance.

Medi-Cal

Private health insurance

Medicare

Medi-Medi (both Medi-Cal and Medicare)

Decline to answer

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* 20. Do you agree with this statement: My Mental Health Services/Substance Use coverage meets my needs.

Yes

Unsure

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* 21. In the past two months, have you been consistently living in stable housing that you own, rent, or stay in as part of a household?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 22. What types of support services would someone with behavioral health challenges need in order to maintain stable housing?

Case Management

Employment Support

Financial Assistance

Legal Support and Advocacy

Mental Health Counseling

Peer Specialist

Re-entry Support

Substance Use Counseling

Supportive Housing Options

Other (please specify)

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* 23. Please provide your contact information if you'd like to be entered into our raffle.

Full Name

Agency/Org

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 24.
Thank you again for taking the time to provide your input on the County of Alameda’s MHSA Community Survey. We appreciate you! To learn about more ways to get involved, please visit our website at https://acmhsa.org/
This area is to rate the ease of completing this survey with 5 stars being the easiest and 1 star being difficult.

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* 1. Please select the one that best applies to you:

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* 2. Do you or someone close to you use behavioral health care services (either mental health or substance use) in Alameda County?

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* 3. Are there enough mental health services available in Alameda County in the language(s) you speak from your specific culture/identity background?

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* 4. Are you aware of changes coming to mental health services in Alameda County as a result of voters passing Proposition 1 - Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA)?

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* 5. If you answered ‘YES’ to the previous question, if you could move 7% - 14% of overall funding from one category to another: Which category would you move FROM?

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* 6. Which category would you move the 7% - 14% of funding TO?

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* 7. From our review, we identified 11 broad areas of community need. Please rank these needs in order of importance from your perspective. ("1" is most important; "11" is least important). For definitions of the Categorized Needs click here.

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* 8. For the Area of Need that you ranked as #1, most important, please share any ideas/strategies/solutions to help us improve this area for communities in Alameda County.

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* 9. What did We Miss? Please share other concerns or solutions that you have that haven't been mentioned.

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* 10. In which part of Alameda County do you LIVE and or WORK and or CARE FOR SOMEONE?

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* 11. My AGE RANGE is:

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* 12. What language do you primarily receive services in?

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* 13. What is your current GENDER IDENTITY?

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* 14. Which of the following BEST REPRESENTS how you think of yourself?

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* 15. What is your ETHNICITY?

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* 16. What is your RACE? (Please select all that apply)

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* 17. If you marked "ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER" under question 16, please tell us about our nationality or country of origin? (Please select all that apply)

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* 18. Which of the following STAKEHOLDER GROUP(s), do you primarily represent? (Please select all that apply)

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* 19. What kind of insurance (if any) do you have?

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* 20. Do you agree with this statement: My Mental Health Services/Substance Use coverage meets my needs.

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* 21. In the past two months, have you been consistently living in stable housing that you own, rent, or stay in as part of a household?

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* 22. What types of support services would someone with behavioral health challenges need in order to maintain stable housing?

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* 23. Please provide your contact information if you'd like to be entered into our raffle.

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* 5. **If you answered ‘YES’ to the previous question, if you could move 7% - 14% of overall funding from one category to another: Which category would you move FROM?**

* 8. **For the Area of Need that you ranked as #1, most important, please share any ideas/strategies/solutions to help us improve this area for communities in Alameda County.**

* 13. **What is your current GENDER IDENTITY?**

* 14. **Which of the following BEST REPRESENTS how you think of yourself?**

* 15. **What is your ETHNICITY?**

* 16. **What is your RACE? (Please select all that apply)**

* 17. **If you marked "ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER" under question 16, please tell us about our nationality or country of origin? (Please select all that apply)**

* 18. **Which of the following STAKEHOLDER GROUP(s), do you primarily represent? (Please select all that apply)**