PUBLIC NOTICE AND AGENDA

Meeting date and time Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Hybrid meeting: Zoom and one in-person location

How to Attend the Meeting

Join via Zoom

Join the State Council on Mental Health meeting via Zoom

Meeting ID: 951 3865 3554

Passcode: 96782

Join by Phone

Dial: 253 205 0468 or 669 444 9171

Meeting ID: 951 3865 3554

Passcode: 96782

Join in Person

Waimano Complex, Hale F Conference Room Hawaii Department of Health 2201 Waimano Home Road Pearl City, HI 96782

To provide testimony or request for accessibility

Please see the end of the agenda for further instructions.

Agenda

I. Call to Order

•Meeting to be led by Council Chairperson

•Roll call by Council Secretary

II. Announcements

•Meeting protocol in the event of audiovisual communication disruption

•Mental health-related events and reports

•SCMH and local service area board membership

•Ex-officio member message

III. Community Input

Testimony will also be accepted at the time each agenda item is called.

IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes

• August 11, 2026 Meeting Minutes

V. Old Business

•Mental Health Block Grant Fiscal Year 27 Mini-Application – Presentation and Approval of Thank you letters to June presenters.

•Hawaii MHBG FY27 Mini-Application and SCMH Letter to SAMHSA - Final Form and Submission

VI. New Business

•10:30 a.m. Presentation: “988 Sustainability and New Crisis Services Resource Guide” - Tim Hansen, NAMI Hawaii Policy Director

•Sunshine Law – Review of the latest information on Meeting Packets, Permitted Interactions, and Agenda

•MHBG Report Informational Discussion

•Uniform Reporting System FY25 Hawaii Data

•Council Role and December 1 Due Reports

VII. Informational Reports by Council Members

Standard agenda reporting may be written or oral. Each report may include information on mental health-related meetings attended, upcoming mental health-related events to share, mental health conversation topics and resources from mental health stakeholders in the community, concerns the Council could help address, and responsibility areas for action on or before the next meeting. Discussion will be limited to informational exchange only, with no decision-making or deliberation on items not separately noticed.

A. Island Representative Reports

•Oʻahu Service Area Board meeting - Jackie Jackson

B. Government Sector Representative Reports

•Behavioral Health - Kathleen Merriam

•MedQuest/HACDACS - Jon Fujii

•Judiciary/Mental Health Court - Kristin Will

•Education - Christine Montague-Hicks

•Vocational Rehabilitation - Leah Dias

C. Specialty Area Representative Reports

•Provider - Forrest Wells

•Parents and family members - Mary Pat Waterhouse, Heidi Ilyavi, Katherine Aumer

•Youth and consumer advocates - Tianna Celis-Webster, Danielle Bergan, Asianna Torres-Zaragosa