San Joaquin County Behavioral Health

Yesterday, SJC HCS Director, Genevieve Valentine was an invited panelist at the Joint Oversight Hearing between the Assembly Health Committee and the Select Committee on Native American Affairs. The State was specifically interested in how County of San Joaquin, CA integrated mobile crisis services into the 988 line. Thank you Assemblymember Mia Bonta for this invitation.

Director Valentine was joined by Michelle Garibaldi, BHS Chief Mental Health Clinician, who oversees the County’s BHS Mobile Crisis Program. Here's a link to the hearing (advance to 1:05): https://www.assembly.ca.gov/media/assembly-joint-hearing-health-and-select-committee-native-american-affairs-20260512?time%5bmedia-element-8405%5d=2.826914

Last week, Health Care Services Agency Director Genevieve Valentine was invited to join an exclusive group of national experts in Washington D.C. to address addiction and homelessness.

Congratulations on this honor, Director Valentine, and thank you for representing so well.

Read the full press release here: https://www.sjgov.org/press-releases/press-release-detail/2026/04/16/sjc-hcs-director-invited-to-national-summit

Good news - power has been restored to the County Administration Building and our offices.

Thank you to all who worked so hard to get the power back on quickly.

Congratulations, Fay Vieira, San Joaquin County’s new Director of San Joaquin County Behavioral Health! Fay has served as Interim BHS Director since April 2025 and brings more than 17 years of dedicated experience in behavioral health, with a strong background in clinical operations, program development, and children and youth services.
We are excited to welcome her into this new role and look forward to the leadership, compassion, and expertise she brings to our community. Learn more about Director Vieira at: bit.ly/3XlpfzZ.

Next Behavioral Health Advisory Board meeting is this Wednesday, June 18. Click the link below for agenda and more details.

Behavioral Health Advisory Board To overview and monitor the local Mental Health & Substance Abuse system. To Advocate for persons with serious mental illness. To provide advice to the governing body (Board of Supervisors) and the local Mental Health & Substance Abuse Director.