The Civil Grand Jury of Alameda County investigated the challenges faced by adult homeless and near-homeless people and their families as they try to navigate the mental health system to obtain care and heard from those in need of assistance described the system as fragmented and unresponsive. The Grand Jury found that the system is complex and difficult to navigate.
See the entire report at https://grandjury.acgov.org/grandjury-assets/docs/2021-2022/Grand.Jury.Report.2022.for.ITD.Web.pdf. The part of the report relating to the Mental Health system is at pages 13-32.
Alameda County’s own MHAB issued ten recommendations for improvement of the system. A more complete discussion of the Board’s conclusions can be found at https://www.acbhcs.org/MHB/meeting_doc_22/MHB/MHAB-Annual-Report-FY2021-2022-FINAL-2022.10.18.pdf