California Hope - Dr. Jim Kooler, Hufsa Ahmad, and Jeremy Wilson - CDCR

California Hope

                  Dr. Jim Kooler, Hufsa Ahmad, and
                            Jeremy Wilson

California Hope

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California Hope

CCJBH Welcome and Introductions
Mental Health Awareness Month
           CalHOPE
         Trivia Tuesday
  Questions, Answers, Closing

#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
• Mental Health America – 1949
• Lime green ribbons
• Community Events
  • Drive Thru Resource Fairs
  • May 23 Angles vs. Athletics (Orange County Health Care Agency)
• Directing Change
• Each Mind Matters

CalHOPE- Crisis Counseling Program
         for the Public Health Emergency
• FEMA funding available when a federal declaration of emergency is
  put in place.
• Media Campaign to normalize feelings of stress, anxiety and reduce
  depression during the pandemic and refer to website and Warm Line
• CalHOPE website- www.calhope.org
• CalHOPE Warm Line- Peer level support to navigate stress and anxiety
  of public health emergency - (833) 317-HOPE
• CalHOPE Connect Chat and Phone to 29 community based
  organizations – www.calhopeconnect.org

                              www.calhope.org
                            833 317-HOPE (4673)

CalHOPE Media – Reaching Californians
                                                 Influencers
Los Angeles Kings
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KALcq15L7lE

Becky G
• https://youtu.be/czTw4naQGK4

Becky G – SP
• https://youtu.be/00IuSJHCruc

Erin Robinson
• https://youtu.be/9YR-nZUii7k

                                                  www.calhope.org
                                                833 317-HOPE (4673)

CalHOPE
• Tribal Crisis Counseling- www.cuih.org/redline Call:888
  368-4090 or Text: 916 252-5002

• CalHOPE School to identify and share best practices
  supporting youth transitioning between distance learning
  and school site classes, and helping youth in need. 57 of
  58 Counties are participating in the communities of
  practice.
                        www.calhope.org
                      833 317-HOPE (4673)

CalHOPE Layers of Intervention and Support

                  www.calhope.org
                833 317-HOPE (4673)

CalHOPE Media – Reaching Californians
• Billboards
• Earned and paid media
• Social and digital media
• Community based outreach
• Television: broadcast and streaming
   • https://youtu.be/MmeZqjiZuWc

                               www.calhope.org
                             833 317-HOPE (4673)

CalHOPE Ambassadors
Hufsa (pronounced Huff-suh) is a public speaker, social worker, standup comedian, and
Muslim woman. Her life is dedicated to helping individuals with mental health diagnoses
find the treatment and support they need in order to thrive.

Having transformed from a victim of her illness to a champion of recovery, she dedicates
her life to helping other individuals with mental health diagnoses find treatment,
recovery, and peace, as well as change the world’s view of mental health. Her goal to is to
end the stigma of mental health and her signature phrase is, “STIGMA SMASH!”

OC Weekly featured Hufsa for her efforts. She won the Mental Health Association Hope &
Courage Award, the National Alliance on Mental Illness Next Step Award, and many other
accolades. She has served in the mental health field for 9 years as a public speaker,
advocate, educator, direct service provider, supervisor, Mental Health Services Act
Steering Committee member, and Dayle McIntosh Center for the Disabled board
member. She has a Master of Social Work from CSU Long Beach and received a B.S. in
Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College.

Trivia Tuesday

• Use your smartphone or tablet
• Visit: www.kahoot.it
• You can use your desktop if you have two monitors – you’ll need to
  see the screen share and the kahoot.it site

Hope. Recovery. Wellness.

Questions, Answers, Closing
• CalHOPE
• CalHOPE Connect