INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH ACTION COALITION
The Integrated Behavioral Health Action Coalition (IBHAC) is made up of primary care, mental health, and substance use providers, as well as local hospitals, county agencies, health plans, mental health advocacy organizations, and individual community members. Together, IBHAC members plan to improve system-level integration of primary care and behavioral health services for all persons and to create a collaborative, integrative, and inclusive system of whole-person care in Santa Cruz County.
If you would like to join this coalition, please email Suzette Reuschel-DiVirgilio, Programs Director, at srdivirgilio@hipscc.org.
HIP also convenes a monthly IBHAC Workforce Sub-Meeting to discuss behavioral health and health social workers workforce. The meetings are facilitated by Jasmine Nájera, LCSW, Chief Executive Officer at the Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance (PVPSA).
If you would like to join the IBHAC Workforce Sub-Meetings, please email Maria Estela Jerezano, Program Coordinator, at mjerezano@hipscc.org.
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
Central California Alliance for Health
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
Dignity Health – Dominican Hospital
Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust - Diabetes Health Center
Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance
Palo Alto Medical Foundation – Santa Cruz Division
Santa Cruz City Fire Department
Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health and Parole Reentry Court
Santa Cruz Community Health Centers
Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency - County Clinics
Santa Cruz County Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services
Santa Cruz County Probation Department
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office
Telecare Acute Care Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz - Counseling and Psychological Services
United Way of Santa Cruz County
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United Way of Santa Cruz 2-1-1
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IBHAC’s Vision: All people in Santa Cruz County experience optimal physical and emotional well-being, dignity, and prosperity.
Our Values: Compassion, equity and thriving
Our Operating Principles: Collaborative, integrated, inclusive, no wrong door approach, seamless care, payer blind, and culturally & linguistically appropriate
The health outcomes we are working towards are as follows:
1. People experience increased mental health and physical wellness
2. People experience decreased substance use disorder
3. People obtain and retain increased social determinants of health
IBHAC MEETINGS
Past Events
Best Practices in Behavioral Health Integration
Friday, October 27, 2017
This event showcased five behavioral health focused programs in four regional counties all with the goal of achieving whole-person care. Representatives from Merced County focused on their Whole Health Partnership's Data Dashboard Project and the HOPE Medical Respite Program. Monterey County's Health Department shared their Whole Person Care Pilot Project. Members of Santa Cruz County presented about their Integrated Behavioral Health Hospital Transitions Pilot and Central Coast Recovery Options. San Mateo County described their Integrated Medication Assisted Treatment Program.