SACHS Meeting Calendar (2021-2022)

• November 4-5, 2021
• February 24-25, 2022
• May 19, 2022
• August 18-19, 2022

November 4-5, 2021 (virtual via Zoom Meeting)

• Discussion Topics:
  • County-sharing: Community-based organizations (CBOs) (e.g., strategic partnerships, equity work)
  • Update on State/County Funding Issues
  • Standing State Updates
• Special Audiences:
  • SACHS counties leads focusing on integrated care services
  • SACHS counties fiscal leads
• Guests:
  • Cathy Senderling-McDonald (Executive Director, CWDA)
  • Eileen Cubanski (Director of Budget and Fiscal Policy, CWDA)
  • Kim Johnson (Director, CDSS)
  • Michelle Baass (Director, DHCS)

February 24-25, 2022 (virtual via Zoom Meeting)

• Discussion Topics:
  • Child Welfare Services: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)/ Disproportionality; Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)/Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) Update
    
  • California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM)
  • Standing State Updates
• Special Audiences:
  • SACHS counties DEI/equity leads
  • Southern Counties Child Welfare Directors
  • Dawn Schoonhoven Scott (CWDS Director, Academy)
  • Wanjiru Golly (CRA Program Manager, CWDS, Academy)
  • Minola Clark Manson (RIHS Director, Academy)
  • Kimberly Mayer (Director, CalSWEC)
• Guests:
  • Mario Johnson (Division Chief, Office of Equity, LA DCFS)
  • Kimala Lewis (Eliminating Racial Disparity and Disproportionality, Office of Equity, LA DCFS)
  • Wendy Wiegmann (Project Director, California Child Welfare Indicators Project, University of California, Berkeley)
  • Cathy Senderling-McDonald (Executive Director, CWDA)
  • Jen Troia (Chief Deputy Director for Children, Families, and Adult Programs, CDSS)
  • Michelle Baass (Director, DHCS)
  • Susan DeMarois (Director, CDA)
  • Sarah Steenhausen (Deputy Director of the Division of Aging Policy, Research and Equity, CDA)

May 19, 2022 (Academy’s Riverside Training Site-3600 Lime St, Suite 416, Riverside 92501; Remote participation via Zoom Meeting also available)

• Discussion Topics:
  • Aging and Adult Services
  • SACHS/University Partners Workforce Development Strategy Discussion
  • Standing State Updates
• Special Audiences:
  • SACHS counties Adult Services leads and APS/IHSS Deputy Directors
  • Laura Trejo (Executive Director of Aging and Community Services for LA under the Department of Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services)
  • Dawn Gibbons-McWayne (APSWI Program Manager, Academy)
  • SACHS Counties Staff Development leads (TBD)
  • Deborah Son (Executive Director, National Association of Social Workers-CA Chapter)
  • Kimberly Mayer (Director, CalSWEC)
  • Dawn Schoonhoven Scott (CWDS Director, Academy)
• Guests:
  • Kim Johnson (Director, CDSS)
  • Michelle Baass (Director, DHCS)
  • Susan DeMarois (Director, CDA)

August 18-19, 2022 (DoubleTree by Hilton, Dana Point, CA)

• Discussion Topics:
  • SACHS Annual Planning Session
  • LIA Planning
  • Standing State Updates
• Special Audiences:
  • N/A
• Guests (to be confirmed):
  • Kim Johnson (Director, CDSS)
  • Michelle Baass (Director, DHCS)
  • Susan DeMarois (Director, CDA)
  • SACHS Counties Leg. Committee Leads (TBD)

FY 2021/2022 Leader’s Circle Hot Topics: Homelessness; American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021; COVID-19 Response and Recovery; Equity and Social Justice; CCR/High Needs Youth; CalFresh; CalWORKs/CalOAR; CalSAWS; and CalAIM