Mental Health, Alcohol & Drug Advisory Board

The Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board (MHADAB) provides oversight and monitoring of local mental health and substance use disorder programs, advocates for affected community members, and advises the Board of Supervisors and HHSA leadership. Read the board's bylaws. 

Meet Your Board

Chair: 

Kalyn Jones

Vice-Chair: 

Heather Jones 

Members: 

Cindy Greene       Connie Webber         David Kehoe                          

Erin Dooley           Jo-Ann Medina          Mary Rickert                

Matilda Grace     Ronald Henninger    Samuel Major     

Please contact the Board Secretary with any questions or to reach a member of the Board at: MHADAB@shastacounty.gov

MHADAB RegularMeeting

November 18, 2024 - 5:30 p.m. 

Location:  Mea Helene Bacon Boggs Conference Center

2420 Breslauer way Redding CA 96001

Participate virtually via Microsoft Teams: Join the meeting

Meeting ID: 252 710 478 247

Passcode: arCYFt

You can also dial in using your phone.:  United States: 1 707-596-6814

Conference ID: 164 251 693#

Executive Committee Meeting

TBD - 11:00 a.m.

Location: Mental Health Cascade Confrence Room

2640 Breslauer Way, Redding, CA 96001

Participate virtually via Microsoft Teams: Join the meeting

Meeting ID: 292 928 957 093

Passcode: kfcvEc

You can also dial in using your phone.:  United States: 1 707-596-6814

Conference ID: 855 764 071#

Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board Members

You're invited to apply!

The Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Advisory Board (MHADAB) is recruiting for new members. MHADAB provides oversight of the local mental health system and alcohol and drug programs, and is composed of community members, individuals with mental illness or drug and alcohol addictions, and family members of people living with mental illness or drug and alcohol addictions.  

Fifty percent of MHADAB membership shall be consumers or parents, spouses, siblings, or adult children of consumers, who have lived experiences of mental illness, who have received services. At least 20 percent of the total membership shall be consumers, and at least 20 percent shall be families of consumers. In addition, one Board of Supervisor member and one veteran or veteran advocate shall be on the board. (“veteran advocate” means either a parent, spouse, or adult child of a veteran, or an individual who is part of a veteran’s organization, including the Veterans of Foreign Wars or the American Legion.). The remainder can have members from the above categories (there can be an overlap), and counties are encouraged "to appoint individuals who have experience with and knowledge of the mental health system. This would include members of the community that engage with individuals living with mental illness during daily operations, such as representatives of county veterans’ services offices, education community, law and justice, health community and representatives of community partners.

More Information

For Shasta County mental health and substance use disorder MHSA program insights, visit the Shasta MHSA website.

View the 2023 Shasta County Data Notebook prepared by the California Behavioral Health Planning Council, in collaboration with California Association of Local Behavioral Health Boards/ Commissions (CALBHB/C).

View MHADAB's Annual Report to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors.