Next Meeting: COMIO's next meeting will be an education site visit on July 19-20, 2017 in the California Bay Area. More details will be announced soon. The following meeting will include an Issue-Specific Workshop on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM and a full Council Meeting on Thursday, September 21, 2017 from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Both September meetings will be held at the location below: Board of Parole Hearings, Executive Board Room 1515 K Street, 5th Floor, Suite 550 Sacramento, CA 95814 Last Meeting: The last COMIO Issue-Specific Workshop and Meeting were held on April 5th and 6th at the Board of Parole Hearings. Both were focused on crisis prevention and response as well as models that use lived experience, and the leveraging of existing resources for peer support services. You can access the PowerPoint slides and other meeting materials on the COMIO Meetings page: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/COMIO/Meetings.html . Program Highlight: On April 6, 20
NEXT MEETING: COMIO's next meeting will include an Issue-Specific Workshop on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM and a full Council Meeting on Thursday, April 6 , 2017 from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Both meetings will be held at the following location: Board of Parole Hearing Executive Board Room 1515 K Street, 5th Floor, Suite 550 Sacramento, CA 95814 The Issue-Specific Workshop will be focused on crisis prevention and response as well as peer certification and the leveraging of existing resources for peer support services. The full council meeting on the following day will be focused around the same topic. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Promoting Local Change through Lived Experience Stepping Up : The California Summit was held in January, in support of the national initiative that was launched in 2015 as a partnership between The Council of State Governments Justice Center, The National Association of Counties, and The American Psychiatric Associati