Contents
- List of Housing Needs
- Requirements
- List Similar Programs - Call Center Services – Contact Information
- Abstract
- Mission – SLEEP
- List Bank - Housing Programs (General and Brief) – Review
- The most efficient way for consumers of MH services to find a bed in the OC
- Need for a Housing Help Line
- Unmet needs for a dedicated housing help line
- Housing Crisis Intervention Management
- Housing Solutions Bundle (HSB)
- Suggested Name OC Beds a Housing Solutions Bundle
- Feature Photograph(s) – Optimism
- Promoting a Housing Solutions Bundle - Meeting with the Senator Lou Correa
- Promotion in front of OC Board of Supervisors (2023)
- Dedicated To
- In Memory of [Also see MSG Cemetery @ the End]
- Work Done
- Not a Referral Service
- Table - Needs Themes (Sample)
- Is Sleep Needed?
- Lived Experience – Performance Driven Sleep Deprivation
- Figure – Embryology Grade and Sleep
- Problems Sleeping - Extreme Consequences
- Table – Needs Housing Specific
- Tables - General Themes – Parts I, II and III
- Stop the Incarceration Cycle
- Rapid Re-housing
- Supportive Services – Guarded Transparency Movement (GTM)
- Content - Diathesis–stress model
- Content Topic – Aspects of Research
- Resource that Refers – OC LINKS
- Referral V Placement
- Doctor Clayton Chau’s Position
- Promises about a Rapid Re-housing Model
- Homeless Circa 2022 – Photos by Author
- Needs - Earliest Incidence
- SLEEP – Resistant to Solution (R2S)
- Distraction – What’s Up Newsletter – For Us a Trade Journal
- Stabilizing in the Community after Conservatorship
- A New Hope
- Opportunity
- Table – Chronic Fatigue Factors
- Factors
- The “Bed” and the “Med”
- Link - Formal HSB Proposal
- OCHCA Needs Report - Search Clues - Reference
- Final Ranking of Health Needs
- Images @ The End
- Promotions @ the End
List of Housing Needs
- 1/3 of Income Rule Enforced
- Affordable Assisted Living
- Affordable in General
- BHSA Support
- BOS on Board
- Housing Advisory
- Housing Help Line – Transfers in House
- Housing Resource Guide
- Housing Work Group
- Limit 2 persons per room
- OC Beds
- OC LINKS track Housing Related Calls
- OC Navigator Creates Housing Materials
- OCHCA on Board
- Pilot Project
Abstract
This report addresses a product designed to help deliver a goal. The goal is that any peoples in need of a great night’s sleep be provided with
what it takes to get their sleep. The
product we release here in this study is Mentalation Solution Group’s (MSG)
Housing Help Line (HHL). A few years
back a County of Orange Health Care Agency (OCHCA) executive stated that:
“Housing is a complex issue”. She was
referring particularly to housing the homeless of Orange County. In this report we champion those that died
too young in our: MSG Cemetery
“Columbarium”. We feel that they had
experiences that should not be forgotten.
In one “needs study” the researchers indicate two health needs should take
precedence for resolve. The priorities are: Economic Insecurity and
Housing. We introduce our “Bed” and the
“Med” notion. With the Bed comes delivering on the promise of SLEEP. With the Med indicates that those that
require medication to sleep must be provided an effective medication or are in
the process of discovering a medication (Sleeper) that works. A consequence of poor sleep is Fatigue. We
address and assess for Chronic Fatigue.
Mission – SLEEP
Quality of sleep and other stressors go hand-in-hand with illness. The illnesses we are most concerned with are in the behavioral health cluster such as depression and psychosis. Just as “housing is a complex issue (M. Hale)”, we find SLEEP is “Resistant to Solution (MSG-R2S)”. In Orange County there are several solutions about housing the disadvantaged in the works such as applying a Rapid Re-housing Model (RRM). We include some Rapid Re-housing promises. The programs in Orange County have a tendency towards all-or-nothing thinking when they make promises about solutions that end things. An example would “end homelessness in ten years”. It is now near ten years after and “The OC” reports more homeless. The need we are concentrating on is that of high quality rejuvenating sleep. It takes Good Bed to sleep. Our Housing Help Line is the means to deliver a Good Bed.
List Bank - Housing Programs (General and Brief) – Review
The most efficient way for consumers of MH services to find a bed in the
OC
The most efficient way for
consumers to navigate acute psychiatric bed shortages and find an available
mental health bed in Orange County is through centralized county coordination
networks. Consumers cannot check real-time bed tracking systems directly;
instead, they must route requests through specialized navigators and mobile
crisis teams who possess direct access to county-wide bed registries.
The primary pathways to
efficiently secure a placement based on the urgency of the situation include:
1. The Centralized County
Hotlines (Best for Fast Assessment & Referral)
OC Links Behavioral Health Line:
Call (855)
625-4657. Available 24/7, this is the official
"first responder" line for Orange County behavioral health. Trained
navigators screen individuals and directly facilitate entry into
county-contracted psychiatric health facilities and stabilization beds.
Be Well Orange County Navigation:
Call (949)
749-2500 (M–F, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM).
Their
specialized navigation team manages direct transfers and coordinates drop-offs
to the extensive mental health and detox stabilization beds at the Be Well Orange Campus.
988 Suicide & Crisis
Lifeline:
Call or text 988 for immediate, 24/7 localized dispatch of crisis resources.
2. Specialized Placement Channels
The type of bed required changes
the most efficient route of entry:
|
Bed Type |
Target Need |
Most Efficient Entry Point |
|
Acute Inpatient Psychiatric |
Immediate safety threat / severe stabilization |
Call OC Links to dispatch the Mobile
Crisis Assessment Team (CAT) for a field evaluation, or report
directly to a designated psychiatric emergency room. |
|
Crisis Residential (Sub acute) |
Short-term voluntary stabilization (typically up to 14
days) |
Contact county-approved referrers like Coastal Star Crisis Residential. Note: Crisis
residential facilities do not accept walk-ins. |
|
Medi-Cal / CalOptima Managed Care |
Insured under California's state plan |
Call the CalOptima Health Behavioral
Health Line at (800) 364-2668 to bypass standard
delays and map authorized open network beds. |
|
Unsheltered / Homeless Bed |
Behavioral medical crisis alongside homelessness |
Utilize the county's Coordinated Entry System
(CES) Bed Reservation System. Access via specialized unhoused
outreach teams by dialing OC Links |
3. Dedicated Psychiatric
Emergency Screenings
If an individual is in immediate
danger and a mobile dispatch team is delayed, bypassing standard emergency
rooms (which experience severe psychiatric "boarding" backlogs) and
heading to specialized county screening hubs is the fastest route to an
inpatient bed: [1]
ETS (Evaluation and
Treatment Services):
(714) 834-6900
— 24-hour centralized county intake.
UCI Psychiatric Emergency
Services:
(714) 456-5801
— 24-hour dedicated emergency screening in Orange.
FYI – AI - If you are trying to
coordinate care right now, please let me know: Is the
individual currently safe, or is
this an active emergency? What type
of insurance do they have (Medi-Cal, private, or
uninsured)? Are you looking for a voluntary short-term stay or an involuntary hold?
I can provide the exact contact steps or mobile team options tailored to
these details.
Need for a Housing Help Line
For immediate housing and shelter
help in your area, dial 211 or visit 2-1-1 Orange County to connect with free, confidential
local resources 24/7.
General and Emergency Help Lines
211 Orange
County:
Dial 211 to find emergency housing, food, and social services. It is free
and available in over 200 languages.
HUD Housing Counseling:
Call (800)
569-4287 to speak with a housing counselor for
advice on rental or ownership needs through HUD.gov.
Specialized Support Numbers
Fair Housing Foundation:
Call (800)
446-3247 for tenant rights, landlord disputes, and
housing discrimination help.
Orange County Office of
Care Coordination:
Call (714)
834-5000 on weekdays from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM for
homeless services coordination.
Human Options Hotline:
Call (877)
854-3594 for 24/7 confidential crisis and emergency
shelter support related to domestic abuse.
FYI – AI - If you tell me what
specific type of housing help you need (such as emergency shelter,
paying rent, or tenant rights), I can give you more exact contact details.
Unmet needs for a dedicated housing help line
An unmet need for a dedicated
housing helpline exists when individuals
face barriers to accessing housing information, resources, and support
through current services.
Current System Gaps
Fragmented information.
People must
call multiple numbers.
Long wait times.
Existing
general lines (like 211) experience high call volumes.
Limited operating hours.
Housing crises
happen outside standard business hours.
Language barriers.
Translation
services are often unavailable or limited.
Inadequate staff
training.
General
operators lack deep knowledge of complex housing laws.
Unmet Caller Needs
Immediate crisis
intervention.
Callers need
urgent help to prevent eviction or utility shut-offs.
Navigating legal
complexity.
Tenants do not
understand their rights during disputes.
Centralized resource
matching.
People need a
single point of contact for affordable housing lists.
Follow-up support.
Callers
require case management rather than a single referral.
Mental health support.
Housing
insecurity causes severe emotional distress requiring empathetic listening.
Institutional Barriers
Underfunding.
Existing lines
lack the budget to scale operations.
Poor data collection.
Current
systems fail to track demographic trends and systemic issues.
Lack of awareness.
Vulnerable
populations often do not know these resources exist.
FYI – AI - To help tailor this
information, please tell me more about your goals: Are you
writing a grant proposal, a policy
brief, or designing a new service? What geographic location or city are you focusing on? Who is the target
population (e.g., low-income tenants, unhoused
individuals, seniors)?
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Housing Crisis Intervention Management
Housing crisis intervention
management uses rapid problem-solving, legal defense, and targeted case
management to help people keep their homes or quickly exit homelessness.
Core Components
Prevention and Diversion:
Stops housing
loss before it starts using short-term rental aid, conflict mediation with
landlords, and financial problem-solving.
Coordinated Entry:
Assesses a
person's immediate vulnerabilities and matches them with the right level of
shelter, transitional housing, or permanent support.
Intensive Case
Management:
Partners
clients with a worker to set goals, gather vital documents, secure stable
housing, and connect with behavioral health or employment resources.
Standard Intervention Steps
Assess Risk:
Evaluate
immediate safety, housing status, and financial needs.
Establish Safety:
Use
trauma-informed conversations to build trust and lower panic.
Explore Support:
Identify
personal strengths, family networks, and community resources.
Action Plan:
Execute a
direct plan for rental arrears, legal help, or emergency shelter placement.
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20200309_Housing Advisory – Needs
Report-I – By MSG and Keith E Torkelson, MS – Pre-sales for Housing Help Line
Fix – Addresses SLEEP and SleepAbility
https://ktork46.blogspot.com/2020/03/20200309housing-advisory-needs-report-i.html
Keith E Torkelson MS 3/9/20
Housing Solutions Bundle (HSB)
Housing solutions bundles refer
to comprehensive packages of financial aid, rental assistance, and support
services designed to prevent homelessness and stabilize individuals or families
in permanent housing.
Key Components of Housing
Solutions Programs
Financial Assistance:
Covers
security deposits, utility payments, moving costs, and short- or medium-term
rental subsidies.
Wraparound Services:
Provides case
management, housing navigation, legal referrals, and credit repair.
Targeted Support:
Focuses on
distinct vulnerable groups, such as families in programs like CalWORKs,
veterans via HUD-VASH, or individuals transitioning out of behavioral health
crises.
Accessing Local Resources
California Programs:
Statewide
initiatives like the CalWORKs Housing Support Program operate through local
county welfare departments to assist eligible families.
Emergency Guidance:
Individuals
facing immediate displacement can review the USAGov Emergency
Housing Guide to locate nearby shelters and temporary
community programs.
FYI – AI - If you can share your specific
county or city and what kind of assistance you need (rental
help, temporary shelter, or utility aid), I can find the exact local agency and
contact details for you.
Suggested Name OC Beds a Housing Solutions Bundle
Here we concentration on the
Housing Help Line element.
OC BHSA Pilots and Innovations
Orange County
(OC) has transitioned its local mental health programming to align with the Behavioral
Health Services Act (BHSA). This change follows California's
Proposition 1 framework, expanding the county's focus to encompass integrated
substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, workforce growth, and robust housing
support. The county’s structural approach to pilots and innovations operates
through specific frameworks:
Key Pilot & System Redesign
Initiatives
The PIVOT Project
(Program Improvements for Valued Outpatient Treatment):
Originally
developed by the Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA) and supported by
technical advisors at Third Sector Capital Partners, PIVOT is
a landmark multi-county system redesign project. It helps counties adapt to
BHSA mandates by redesigning Full Service Partnerships (FSPs), standardizing
Medi-Cal billing capabilities, integrating mental health with SUD services, and
establishing data-driven equity
outcomes.
Psychiatric Advance
Directives (PADs) Multi-County Collaborative:
Orange County
operates a specialized pilot to test and implement PADs. This program enables
individuals to document their legal
preferences for behavioral health treatment before a crisis occurs. The
pilot explicitly targets individuals enrolled in intensive programs, such as
Intensive Care Management (ICM), Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Full-Service Partnerships, and localized
Wellness Centers.
Be Well OC Mobile Crisis
Response:
While scaling
up infrastructure, OC leverages the Be Well OC Model. This program deploys mobile crisis stabilization teams
alongside community first responders. The blueprint is widely utilized across
the state to divert individuals experiencing acute mental health or addiction
issues away from jails and emergency rooms.
The Shifting Innovation Landscape
Under previous Mental Health
Services Act (MHSA) guidelines, individual counties independently allocated 5%
of their budgets to locally planned, 5-year maximum "Innovation
Projects". The implementation of the BHSA transforms how innovation is
overseen and funded:
Centralized Innovation
Funding:
Localized
county innovation set-asides have been restructured. State oversight of
standalone county innovation funds shifts into a centralized Innovation
Partnership Fund (IPF) overseen by the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability
Commission (BHSOAC).
Funding Scale:
The IPF aims
to distribute $100 million in grants over a five-year period ($20 million annually) to spearhead public-private,
equity-centered innovations across California’s system.
The 35% Allocation
Multiplier: Under local BHSA guidelines, counties
utilize a structured 35% pot of local revenue for Behavioral Health
Services and Supports (BHSS). Localized "innovative pilots and projects"
can still be initiated via this funding bucket, provided they strictly help
build the broader statewide evidence base for early intervention or integrated
SUD care.
FYI – AI - If you are looking for
specific operational details, please let me know: Are you
looking for contracting opportunities to pitch an innovative solution? Do you need data on how
to enroll or access a pilot program like PADs or
PIVOT? Would you like information on upcoming public stakeholder
feedback forums?
Title – 20200309_Housing Advisory
– Needs Report-I – By MSG and Keith E Torkelson, MS – Pre-sales for Housing
Help Line Fix – Addresses SLEEP and SleepAbility
https://ktork46.blogspot.com/2020/03/20200309housing-advisory-needs-report-i.html
[This report is built off of the
report above]
Feature Photograph(s) – Optimism
1930 Manhattan Tiny House
Orange County Housing Fix - Tiny
House
Promoting a Housing Solutions Bundle - Meeting with the Senator Lou Correa
September 13, 2019 (F)
Promotion in front of
OC Board of Supervisors (2023)
Dedicated To:
This report is dedicated to peoples in the Rent a Shared Room (RASR) business such as Gloria Shanks, Lyn
J. and Julie Paulino. Gloria operates in
Santa Ana California while Julie operates in Anaheim California. Both have helped people avoid homelessness
and incarceration. Update (2026): Due to
the fact that Julie’s husband Romer passed away, Julie has closed her
operations.
Are we gaining affordable beds in Orange County or losing beds?
Orange County
is gaining both temporary shelter beds and permanent supportive
housing beds. However, the county is still losing ground
on overall affordable housing stock, failing to build enough units to
meet the actual demand of low-income renter households. The balance of
affordable beds in the region is defined by distinct trends:
Gaining:
Homeless Shelter & Supportive
Beds
Data from the biennial Orange County Point in Time Count shows a notable increase
in dedicated beds for the un-housed population:
Emergency Shelter Beds:
Emergency
shelter and interim housing beds have tripled over recent years, scaling up to
roughly 3,100 active beds.
Permanent Supportive
Housing (PSH):
Long-term
supportive beds have seen modest but steady gains, increasing to roughly 3,200
units. Since 2024, the county has successfully added 898 new supportive and affordable units to its pipeline.
Shelter Deadlock:
Because the
overall housing market remains highly unaffordable, local officials note that
people are staying in shelter beds significantly longer. It is difficult to transition
individuals out of emergency spaces into permanent beds.
Losing: Broad Low-Income
Affordable Housing
While emergency beds are
increasing, broad market-rate affordable housing for lower-income families is
struggling to keep pace:
Construction Lags:
According to
state regulators, local cities are thousands of units behind their state-mandated targets. Over
recent years, only about 17% of the 25,000 homes built in Orange County
qualified as affordable.
Supply Shortfall:
The Kennedy
Commission (2026) reports that nearly 120,000 low-income
renter households in Orange County lack access to an affordable home. State and
federal production funding for the region dropped by 2% recently.
Widening Deficit:
Because new
development heavily prioritizes higher-income luxury properties, the relative
supply of affordable residential beds for working-class families continues to
shrink.
FYI – AI - If you want to look
into how local cities are handling this, let me know if you want to look at specific
cities (like Santa Ana vs. coastal cities) or if you want information
on the state funding bonds aimed at resolving the construction
backlog.
In Memory of [Also see MSG Cemetery @ the End]
In general we would like to remember those that we knew who are now
dead. Many died too young (DTY). We include some photos of those at the end of
this document.
A Reminder -
Preamble to the United States Constitution
“We the People of
the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the
general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our
Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of
America.”
Links Early Method (LEM)
Work Done
Publications – HOUSING Centered
Statistics
Part I
https://housingadvisoryboard.blogspot.com/2020/02/20200219-w-housing-advisory-hab.html
Part IB
https://housingadvisoryboard.blogspot.com/2020/02/20200219-w-ib-hab-part-ii-of-ii.html
Partners & Partnerships
20191023-W: Housing Advisory – by
Keith Torkelson MS, Avey C Asus and MSG – Initializing Housing Partnerships I –
HAB
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A Housing Advisory – Assessing
Partnerships – Applying a Resource Development Associates (RDA) Tool –
Mentalation Solutions Group & Keith Torkelson MS
https://housingadvisoryboard.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-housing-advisory-assessing.html
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Not a Referral Service
A Housing Help Line (HHL)
doesn’t refer. It will screen for issues requiring “911” yet
will not refer a housing call away. It
will do the work required to place a person in need in a Good Bed. It will also take care of transportation and
labor. At one point we hope for some
cost re-imbursement via Move Insurance for the Disadvantaged (MI4TD).
Our Housing Help Line is part call center. We address some similar and existing call
center programs in “The OC”. We classify
our HHL under Tele-health and Technology for Recovery. We honor and continue to honor the
fallen first. The lessons we learned from them should not
be forgotten. We hope to curb the number
of disadvantaged persons away from Dying Too Young (DTY).
Intervention & Savings
Back to SLEEP: Sleep saves money! Our Fix at this stage is
pushing through our Housing Help Line (HHL) product in the communities at large
and locally with the OCHCA as an Innovation Project/Program/Pilot. We
are asking for one-million dollars ($1,000,000) per year over the course of
three (3) years. We believe that SLEEP is needed for Healing and Optimal Health
including Mental Health. Our Housing
Help Line (HHL) is a key component for improving Health Outcomes in any circumstance they are desired. It is best applied for regions such as
counties that exceed 2.5 million people.
This report more or less concentrates on the nature, value, and
potential for SLEEP. Sleep is a currency
for success or Good Outcomes. We hope to
carry the consumer from sleep crises to sleep that intervenes early enough that
it prevents in particular that prevents hospitalization or incarceration.
Table - Needs Themes (Sample)
Is Sleep Needed?
This paper is centered about Mentalation Solutions Group’s (MSG) work
to house disadvantaged people. We include much of the Lived Experiences of
our Principal Keith “Buster” Torkelson.
Buster has an aunt that was born on May 29, 1925. She is still alive at age 94 (2020) and
independent. She has the belief that a
sleep requirement of more than four hours per night is unnecessary.
“While sleep requirements vary slightly from person to person, most
healthy adults need between 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night to function at
their best. Children and teens need even more. And despite the notion that our
sleep needs decrease with age most older people still need at least 7 hours of sleep. Feb 17, 2020.” Buster believes sleep is not only needed,
sleep is as has been for centuries necessary for maintaining health, integrity,
Learn Ability, and welfare. Sleep and
sleep disorders are big business
from: Mattresses to room temperature, pillows to noise control, medications to
nutrition, etc. We posit sleep is
necessary and an ongoing need
(Requirement) whether met or unmet for human beings.
Lived Experience – Performance Driven Sleep Deprivation
On and off through most of Buster’s life he has suffered from
sleep problems. When Buster was accepted for undergraduate
work at the University of California @ Davis in 1982 he adopted some
detrimental sleep behaviors. His sleep came
after performance. During finals week he even pulled the
heralded “all-nighters” as
many are all too familiar. Soon Buster
determined that he must get some sleep each night.
During winter quarter 1985 while studying for his commutative Embryology
final he noticed the multiplicative stress had become too much as indicated by a headache and uncertainty. Buster graduated in 1986 with honors earning
a BS Degree in Avian Sciences (Biology).
During his graduate work Buster continued to put sleep after
performance. This helped make him vulnerable to
complications such as disease. It has
taken till 2012 for Buster beyond any reasonably doubt that: For him and many
others SLEEP is one of the biggest elements for health and healing. We use uppercase (Yelling) because that is
how we denote Things That Are Greater Than Us (TGTU) such as SLEEP.
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Figure – Embryology Grade and Sleep
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SleepAbility - Extreme Fatigue
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1087079205000183
Problems Sleeping - Extreme Consequences
Years ago while watching a documentary Buster learned a bit about a
human condition called Fatal Familial Insomnia.
“Fatal insomnia (FFI) is a rare disorder that results in trouble
sleeping. The problems sleeping
typically start out gradually and worsen over time. Other symptoms may include speech problems,
coordination problems, and dementia. It
results in death within a few months to a few years. Fatal insomnia has no known cure and involves
progressively worsening insomnia, which leads to hallucinations,
delirium, confusional states like that of dementia, and eventually [DEATH]. The
average survival time from onset of symptoms is 18 months. The first recorded case was an Italian man,
who died in Venice in 1765”.
SLEEP Associated Mental Illness
Currently there are not many cases of FFI globally yet there is at
least one or two of interest. Science
may finally be in position to intervene and save a few lives. Severe lack of sleep has been associated with
DEATH. Progression of signs and symptoms on the way to succumbing are
miserable. If you remove the sleep factor in
causation the problems describe
traditional mental illness. We here at
Mentalation Solutions Group (MSG) propose that sleep must come under control
with people if they need move past healing to thrive. In addition, we propose that it takes a Great
Bed for consumers to sleep. A dedicated
Housing Help Line will facilitate
those in need with securing a Great Bed.
Inverted Organization
We here at MSG hope a Housing Help Line will be funded as a Behavioral
Health Services Act (BHSA) Innovative Pilot Project. When it comes to HOUSING in Human Services a step
down refers to less
restrictive and less cost. In reality a step up is usually an
improvement. Homelessness from the
consumers’ angle is a step down because as long as they stay in their bubble
and out of trouble they save money
(costs) and have the freedom of the wide open-spaces.
Table – Needs Housing Specific
Stop the Cycle
OCHCA "Stop the Cycle"
initiative is a specialized program funded under the Orange County Health Care
Agency's Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). It provides early intervention and
outreach services to break recurring cycles of mental health crises, substance
abuse, and homelessness.
Stop the Incarceration Cycle
Orange County
works to stop the cycle of incarceration through OC Cares, a coordinated county network that links
justice-involved individuals with health care, mental health support, and
housing.
Key Programs and Services
Behavioral Health
Support:
The Orange
County Health Care Agency runs programs like the Jail to Community Re-Entry
Program (JCRP) to treat mental illness and substance use.
Early Reentry Planning:
Support and
resource connections begin at the booking stage and continue during the
transition back into the community.
Housing and Stability:
Coordinated
teams help secure safe housing, job training, financial education, and peer mentorship
to prevent repeat arrests.
FYI – AI - I hope this overview
of local justice-reform efforts is helpful! Would you like to know more about specific
mental health resources or contact numbers for
reentry support in Orange County?
OC Navigator
Last Reviewed: 20200303-TU:
[Buster with a homeless person in
Santa Ana – Search 20190302 (A Saturday)]
Rapid Re-housing
Rapid Re-housing (RRH) is a
program that quickly moves people out of homelessness and into permanent
housing by offering short- or medium-term rental help and support services.
Core Components
Housing Identification:
Staff help
people find affordable rental units and talk to landlords.
Financial Assistance:
Programs pay
for move-in costs, security deposits, and temporary rent (usually lasting from
a few months up to 24 months).
Case Management:
Case managers
offer voluntary support to help people connect with jobs, healthcare, and
community resources to stay housed.
Key Benefits
No Preconditions:
People can
join the program without proving
sobriety, income, or a clean criminal record.
Long-Term Stability:
Recent studies
show that short-term rental help leads to lasting reductions in future homelessness, better health, and higher
income.
Supportive Services – Guarded Transparency Movement (GTM)
The Supportive Services element in Housing is a matter for a separate
report. Here at Mentalation Solutions
Group (MSG) we feel that: Assessment, measurement, outcome measures, proof of
concept, and cost/benefit evaluations are the most important elements about Supportive Services to
concentrate. Our Housing Help
Line Project Idea (HHL-PI) will be
subject to thorough and comprehensive quantitative evaluation not limited to
only of the areas listed above. As the
principles of accountability and transparency in Health & Human Service
evolve into routine practice important information fogged by
confidentiality will finally get
leveraged for the common good. At the
same time more and more consumers will find a voice as well as encouragement to
share their personal records including Personal Health Records (PHRs) in global
efforts that chronicle their individual life stories with housing. Buster has been practicing guarded
transparency within our publications
since 20120918.
Content - Diathesis–stress model
In medicine a Diathesis in defined as “a tendency to suffer from a
particular medical condition”. A
Diathesis is also associated with “genetic, psychological, biological, or
situational factors”. “The
diathesis–stress model is a psychological theory that attempts to explain a
disorder, or its trajectory,
as the result of an interaction between a pre-dispositional
vulnerability and a stress caused by
life experiences. The term diathesis derives from the Greek term for a
predisposition, or sensibility.” The
life experiences and situations we are concerned with are forces that impinge
on SLEEP. Disclaimer: If deterioration of health goes too far and
medication is likely to help sleep alone cannot replace medication.
Sleep alone cannot resolve conditions requiring medication. On Wednesday February 26, 2019 Buster was
prescribed an antibiotic for what was diagnosed as Pneumonia. Up to that point sleep and bed rest
alone were not resolving the
situation. At this juncture Buster used
his health insurance Teladoc benefit for the second time. Teladoc is a good example of a call
center that works and is performing
well. At this point Teladoc and its’
doctors are rather limited in what it can intervene with. Tele-health such as Teladoc and our Housing
Help Line idea have set sail and are making headway. Both Teladoc and our Housing Help Line (HHL)
are tightly targeted services
as compared to let us say Mental Health Service Act funded “Full Services”.
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https://www.teladoc.com/how-it-works/
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Content Topic – Aspects of Research
Table - Research – Information
& Data Search Sampling – Community Housing Needs
Source MSG-Lived Experience (LE)
Resource that Refers – OC LINKS
OC Links is a free, 24/7 telephone and online chat service
that connects Orange County residents to mental health and substance use
services.
Contact Information
Phone:
Call (855) 625-4657 or (855) OC-LINKS
TDD Number:
(714) 834-2332
Online Chat:
Available through the Orange County
Health Care Agency
Services Provided
Information and Referrals:
Connects you to local behavioral health
programs and treatment options.
Crisis Support:
Staffed around the clock by licensed
clinicians and trained navigators.
Mobile Crisis Teams:
Can dispatch an in-person response team
when needed.
If you need specific resources outside of Orange County or for a different type of support, please let me know what county or service you are looking for.
FYI - Helpline - NAMI HelpLine –
NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness
https://www.nami.org/find-support/nami-helpline
Good source for other Help Line
Numbers
“The NAMI HelpLine is not a hot
line, crisis line or suicide prevention line. If you or someone you know is
experiencing a crisis, please see the resources below.”
FYI - Common Hotline Phone Numbers - Psych Central
https://psychcentral.com/lib/common-hotline-phone-numbers/
If you're suicidal, we recommend
contacting the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline toll-free at 800-273-8255
Good source for a full spectrum
of phone numbers
Referral V Placement
One of the features with our Housing Help Line Idea (HHL-I) for helping
the down and out is that it does not refer away horizontally. In the cases of
suicide and homicide it will refer vertically up to “911”. In most if not all the cases the
purpose of the line is to “Place”
and move those in need to a proven Great Bed.
Doctor Clayton Chau’s Position
Around ten (10) years ago Buster ran into Clayton Lon Chau MD. We believe he is a double doctor holding both Medical and PhD degrees. Vitals dot com declares Dr. Chau is a psychiatrist and a neurologist. Another site says Dr. Chau holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology. Ten years ago doctor Chau declared himself a depression survivor. That distinction usual means one is managing their condition without medication and that they are a normal producer/contributor. At some point Dr. Chau shared in a community setting that once a patient ends up in the hospital for behavioral issues they generally will not do well back in the housing situation that drove them to seek hospital attention in the first place. We watch people very carefully after the hospital in order to record how they may beat the Clayton Chau Housing Odds Challenge (CCHOC). The last time doctor Chau and Buster paths crossed was during the annual Mental Health Association (MHA) Meeting Of the Minds (MOMs) Conference (2019). It was the last workshop of the day and Doctor Chau was on the panel. Near the end they asked for public comment. Buster raised his hand to get put in the queue. Buster was so excited to share on our Housing Advisory ideas that for him he was overly animated. In hindsight Buster failed our sell our ideas to Dr. Chau.
For Satisfying the Media Research
Element
Rapper Dizzy Wright Discusses Homelessness with Dr. Clayton Chau (13:20
Minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc4zEnaRyoo
Published on Apr 30, 2019
“Recently Dizzy Wright joined Clayton Chau, M.D., Ph.D., Regional Executive Medical Director for mental health and wellness at Providence St. Joseph Health, to talk about the time he spent homeless, how he coped with it, and how he incorporates that into his perspective.”
Table (10) – Promises about A Rapid Re-housing Model
Rapid Re-Housing in OC | Orange
County United Way
United
Way - How we do more - Housing
https://unitedwayoc.org/our-work/united-to-end-homelessness/
Needs - Earliest Incidence
The first time per our records and databases that Buster formally
addressed the concept of “Needs” was September 8, 2001. At the time Buster was pre-training with experience required for admission to
the California State University @ Fullerton (CSUF) Secondary Education Teaching
Program. He was investigating Needs in
terms of adolescents. March 6, 2020: We
just did a “need” query in our database.
We pinged or yielded 134 hits. This “needs data” is stored in
our archive Tork Reconstruction Company Base and our MSG AveyBase.
SLEEP – Resistant to Solution (R2S)
Buster graduated away from partnering with Andrew Inglis MD as his
patient in early 2008. This graduation encouraged Buster out to venture into intensive immersion
about life after Conservatorship. He
found it to be a semi-resource deprived lifestyle. Incidentally, Dr. Inglis has risen through
the ranks: His current 2019 position is the one and only at a time Orange
County Health Care Agency (OCHCA) Behavioral Health Services (BHS) Division
Medical Director. MSG and Buster are trying to figure out how
we can get a consult with Dr. Inglis to discuss the progress Buster is
demonstrating (progress note). Last time
Buster saw doctor Inglis was around 2011 while on a site visit for Buster’s Technology Advisory Gig (TAG). The graduation as measured by (AMB) no
hospitalizations appeared to be working.
In response to Buster’s complaints his new doctor, Alan Vu, would tell
Buster that his problems with sleep were situational. And yes they were yet Buster needed some seriously
effective and situational informed
help. Buster was exhausting his coping options
while believing things would work out as doctor Vu implied. Without laboring much more: This was just
another example in Buster’s recovery where Sleep was a huge and defining
issue. In 2012 while under Dr. Vu’s care
Buster had to be readmitted to the hospital, which as we all know is “a failure” with the Doctor-Consumer
Partnership (DCP).
Distraction – What’s Up
Newsletter – For Us a Trade Journal
For now just an FYI
Found It! A Work Related Photo of
Dr. Andrew Inglis
December 2019 Issue (PDF) – No
guarantee on link working
https://www.ochealthinfo.com/page/archived-newsletters#docaccess-e214baeaff993f068aee85ff8e7330fb
“Behavioral Health Services
Select New Medical Director”
Stabilizing in the Community after Conservatorship
Buster met up with Dr. Andrew Inglis MD circa March 2007. Circa November (2006) doctor Ravinder Singh
began her experiment with Buster by taking steps to bring CloZAPine on board
(CloZAPine Experiment #1). From November
2006 till the end of February 2007 Buster was in partial lockdown at an Institute for Mental Disease (IMD)
and on full LPS Conservatorship. The
onsite psychiatrist (Belman, MD) told Buster that he kept the clients inside for
an average two (2) years. With the approval of the IMD’s Service Chief
Buster was permitted time each day to work a program of his own design. His three-prong approach combined performance
goals, anxiety management, and behavior modification. Late in February 2007 Buster took a risk with
the help of Forensic Psychologist Sue Beck (PhD). Sue interviewed Buster in the IMD in which he
was living. Sue determined Buster was
patched up enough to venture back into the real world. She represented him in probate court.
The court agreed with “Sue” and began the process of releasing Buster
from LPS Conservatorship. As soon as the
IMD received a fax with the verdict the IMD referred Buster to the Orange County Health Care
Agency’s (OCHCA) Costa Mesa Clinic. Dr.
Inglis snapped up Buster’s case. Dr.
Inglis’ had a partner in crime: Heather Rink.
Finding a bed in the community was left up to Buster. Stabilizing in the community was met with perfect
attendance for Buster to meet the
Complete Blood Count (CBC) requirement about CloZAPine.
Due Diligence
A New Hope
Circa 2009 Buster was enrolled in the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA)
funded program called the Consumer Training Program (CTP) Mental Health
Workers Paraprofessional. One of the assignments was to create an
assessment driven treatment plan. In
order to get the assignment right Buster wanted some objective
information. He went to the Hall of
Records and requested his medical records from his stay at the IMD as well as his work with OCHCA’s Dr. Andrew Inglis. He discovered all kinds of things and how
they talked behind his back in the records.
He also discovered Dr. Inglis’, a psychiatrist, level of due
diligence. For the better part of 2007 Dr. Inglis was
generating Mental Status Exams (MSEs) about Buster. Buster was better off for meeting Dr. Andrew
Inglis since he helped Buster gain stability in a community niche about which Buster knew little.
Opportunity
We here at Mentalation Solutions Group (MSG) are more often than not
eager to present. Since hooking up with
the OCHCA in a formal volunteer
capacity circa 2010 Buster has presented more than twenty-five (25) times. Most of the presentations were about Recovery
Technology since Buster participated for about eight (8) years on the OCHCA
MHSA Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). He occupied the
“Consumer & Family Member” chair.
There is a chance that “Buster” is the best-educated consumer about the
MHSA Technological Needs Component. He
is well versed in: Electronic
Health Records, Personal Health Records, Hardware Solutions, Policy and
Tele-psychiatry. While reviewing the
OCHCA Newsletter (What’s Up!) he found that the county has a new facility: A
Behavioral Health Training Center (BHTC).
We might secure a window for presenting on our Housing Help Line Needs
material. Actually we presented several
times for our OCHCA Behavioral Health Advisory Board. Actually we skipped presenting at the 2024,
2025 and 2026 Meeting of the Minds due to health concerns.
FYI Whats Up! - March 2020 Issue
(PDF)
[Link subject to breaking at any
time (LSBAT)]
https://www.ochealthinfo.com/page/archived-newsletters#docaccess-ddb812a5ffb86b211995959c9d3306c3
Back @ It!
Table – Chronic Fatigue Factors
Table – CSF with COPD and Sleep Complications – Risk and Protections
Fatigue Risk Factors Score (FRFS) & Fatigue Protective Factors Score
(FPFS)
Stress Diathesis Revisited – Continuing Educations Units (CEUs)
At some point both the consumer and providers need to decide which
conditions to track. On our assessment
list we have Measuring for Fatigue. On our
strengths assessment list we have the Measurement for Professional Quality of
Life (ProQOL). We find for Buster there is an association with quality of “Bed”, quality of SLEEP
and Fatigue. During the fall semester of
2011 Buster earned an “A” in his college course: Crisis Intervention Management
(CIM). His instructor Mr. Gary Zager at
Cypress College told the class that situations such as the crisis Buster
faces (copes) with sleep present
both “Danger and Opportunity”. We agree,
yet that Danger part is for the birds!
Factors
Over time we here at
Mentalation Solutions Group (MSG), Tork Reconstruction Company (TRC) before us,
have discovered that it is very hard to control the risk factors of hardship. This is most evident when it comes to
Substance Use Disorder (SUD). In other
areas such as fatigue management people have better control over risk factors. Yet on the other side of the scale one can
strategically accrue protections
and protective factors.
Two of Buster’s greatest risks are not getting the sleep he needs and
facing a gap in his medication. In 2012
Buster had to endure (suffer) a doctor
prescribed gap in his medication.
One of the measurements that we here at MSG track for Buster are his
fatigue scores: Fatigue Risk Factors
Score (FRFS) & Fatigue Protective Factors Score (FPFS). Currently in 2026 (September), we posit that Buster
is basically breaking even.
From:
Metadata > Chronic Fatigue
>
BMBBS_Symptoms_14050204_MSG-CFS-Exam
V2020
The “Bed” and the “Med”
For those that need and are dependent on it, medication is a very important element in
day-to-day life. For some, medication is
essential for sleep. Yet there are no medications at this time that
control the environment or the “Bed”.
Intoxicants can in effect alter the environment by making the user
numb to it. We here at MSG propose what we call: The
“Sleep” and the “Reap”. If people,
especially those facing hardship such as homelessness or recovery from
substance use, are just permitted to actualize their “Right to Sleep” the consequences could be astronomically
favorable. This is part of MSG taking
action for those that cannot fully protect themselves and their rights in a
community setting. The fruits, rewards,
and benefits generated by our Housing Help Line are just waiting to be picked. After more than 5 years we have yet to get
the county (Orange County) to buy our Housing Solutions Bundle BHSA Innovative
Pilot Project.
Link - Formal HSB Proposal
https://housingadvisoryboard.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-housing-solutions-bundle-hsb-published_5.html
Lost Reference
OCHCA Needs Report - Search Clues - Reference
Table - 2016 Community Health
Needs Assessment - Orange County (Kaiser 167 pages)
[PDF] - Hospital Reports
Sep 21, 2016 - Needs
Assessment…The Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA) was a key partner
Lost Reference
Table 15a: Final Ranking of Health Needs With Score Breakdown KFH-Anaheim
Medical Center Area (N = 55) Page 30 (24) [Circa 2020]
Total Score 20.0 maximum: Each
area 5.0 maximum
Last Reviewed: 20200228-F:
Key Takeaways from the Data
Upstream Factors Top the
Matrix: Social determinants of health—specifically Economic
Insecurity and Housing—achieved the highest total scores, beating out specific disease
pathologies as the primary drivers of community concern and health disparities.
Disparities Driver:
Economic
Insecurity recorded a glaringly high 4.23 disparity marker, pointing to localized hyper-concentrations of
vulnerable or underserved populations inside the Anaheim Medical Center area
footprint.
Housing and Mental Health
Anchors:
Community
feedback engines flagged Housing Insecurity (4.36) and Mental Health (4.14) as issues with the highest acute community outcry.
Images @ The End
MSG Cemetery – Feature 7 –
“Columbarium”
Promotions @ the End
Promote - World Wafers
https://designaftercapitalism.org/chloe-rutzerveld
Promote - One Health Initiative
https://onehealthinitiative.com/
The One Health Initiative
is a global movement that connects human, animal, and environmental health to
achieve the best health for all living things. It breaks down traditional
barriers between different scientific fields so experts can solve complex
health problems together.
Core Goals
Prevent Outbreaks:
Stop
animal-borne diseases, known as zoonotic diseases, before they spread to
people.
Fight Drug Resistance:
Reduce antimicrobial
resistance, which happens when bacteria and germs stop responding to standard
medicines.
Improve Food Safety:
Make global
food supplies safer and more secure for everyone.
Protect the Planet:
Safeguard
ecosystems, wildlife, and natural habitats.
Major Organizations Involved
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Coordinates
U.S. public health strategies across species lines.
World
Health Organization (WHO):
Leads global
efforts and partnerships to manage shared health risks.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA):
Uses this
framework to study and treat health issues affecting both people and animals.
