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: 

Alan Mullikin                    Angel Rocke                      Cindy Greene                     

Connie Webber              David Kehoe                     Erin Dooley            

Jo-Ann Medina                Laurie Lide                         Mary Rickert 

Matilda Grace                  Ronald Henninger         Samuel Major

Wesley Tucker

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

MHADAB Special Meeting

May 8, 2024 - 5:30 p.m.

Location: May Helene Bacon Boggs Conference Center
                      2420 Breslauer Way, Redding, CA 96001

This meeting will be audio recorded.

Executive Committee Meeting

June 18, 2024 - 11:00 a.m.

Mental Health Admin Conf Room

2640 Breslauer Way, Redding, CA 96001

Participate virtually via Microsoft Teams: Join the meeting

Meeting ID: 231 345 283 212

Passcode: inVK8S

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

Conference ID: 222245364

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.