President and CEO of Concepts Forward Consulting
Kiran Sahota has been working in the social services sector for nearly three decades. Her role as a social worker led to many opportunities within county and non-profit employment, such as creating independent living skills and housing for transitional-aged youth, training law enforcement in crisis intervention and de-escalation, and building mental health innovation and prevention programs within a large county mental health plan. In 2020, Ms. Sahota retired from county mental health as a Senior Behavioral Health Manager and co-chair of the Statewide Mental Health Services Act Coordinators Committee.
Since retiring, Ms. Sahota has been working as the President and CEO of Concepts Forward Consulting. Through her consulting business, she is working with multiple California counties on a statewide Innovations impact project to test digital Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs). During this time, she also was a Medi-Cal EQRO Reviewer working with county Mental Health Plans reporting the quality of services rendered to the Medi-Cal members. She continues to provide organizations with her strategic planning, outcomes, evaluation, and quality review expertise.
Throughout her career, Ms. Sahota has made significant contributions to community behavioral health programming. She has worked on quality impact improvement, program evaluation, and digital transformation with a global lens toward community service enhancement and systemic change. Her expertise includes innovative programming, digital transformation, CalAIM, Medi-Cal strategies, law enforcement training, mental health advocacy, stakeholder engagement, PADs, and suicide prevention efforts. Ms. Sahota holds a Master’s degree in Clinical and Community Psychology.
Episode 144: The California Project on Psychiatric Advanced Directives