Event Date: Dec 17, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Sacramento, CA
PLEASE NOTE: Committee members may attend virtually, but the public is welcome to attend in-person or online for public comment.
- Call to Order and Roll Call – Information
- Announcements – Information
- General Public Comment – Information
This time is reserved for public comments on items not on the agenda. - Meeting Minutes – Action
The September 25, 2025, CFC Committee meeting minutes will be reviewed for approval. - Innovation Partnership Fund (IPF) Request for Proposals (RFP) Overview – Action
Melissa Martin-Mollard, Assistant Deputy Director of Research, Evaluation, and Program Operations, will present on the draft RFP outline for the upcoming IPF grant program. Committee members and public stakeholders will discuss the outline, and Committee members will be asked to vote to forward it to the full Commission, which will meet in January 2026. - Peer Respite Request for Proposals (RFP) Outline Update – Action
Courtney Ackerman, Research Scientist, will present on a proposal for how the Commission can invest Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27 Mental Health Wellness Act funds to promote and expand the peer respite model across the state. The proposal splits funding into two phases: one focused on building capacity and one on implementation, with research and evaluation integrated into each phase. If adopted, the proposal will be forwarded to the full Commission in January 2026 for review and approval, with a tentative RFP release date in March 2026.
- Adjournment
The CFC Advisory Committee members who will be appearing remotely are as follows:
- Rayshell Chambers
- Mayra Alvarez
- Senait Admassu
- Carolina Ayala
- Eugene Durrah
- Robyn Gantsweg
- Richard Krzyzanowski
- Larisa Owen
- Jason Robison
- Richard Zaldivar