CalHOPE
CalHOPE Through CalMHSA
In partnership with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), CalMHSA has awarded $33 million to 21 community organizations and health providers to implement the CalHOPE Support Program (CHSP), which provides in-person and virtual outreach and non-clinical support services to Californians, with agencies located from Butte County to San Diego. The CHSP relies on a Peer workforce to reach California’s diverse ethnic, racial, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ communities — with a focus on individual, family, and group counseling, as well as providing referrals to resources and clinical services.
If You Need Help
CalHOPE Connect is available for individuals seeking safe, secure, emotional support. Anyone can chat with a real person via text seven days a week from 8 a.m. – midnight.
CalHOPE CONNECT CHAT APPAccess our Resource Directory to search for specific services by region.
Resource DirectorySupport for Providers
General
Data Collection
Invoice Template
Peer Consultant Guidance
Domestic Violence
Stress and Resiliency
Substance Use 101
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) – Suicide Prevention
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860
The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
24/7 California Peer-Run Warm Line: 1-855-845-7415
Warmline.org contains the links to Peer run or staffed Warm Lines in every state
Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255
*NOTE: Many of these resources could utilize restrictive interventions, like active rescues (wellness or welfare checks) involving law enforcement or emergency services (with the exception of Trans Lifeline). You can ask if this is a possibility at any point in your conversation if this is a concern for you. You can also utilize these resources if you are concerned about someone in your life approaching a crisis.
SAMHSA
National Core Competencies for Peer Support Workers in Behavioral Health Settings:
CalMHSA
Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification
PFA Mobile App: PFA Mobile was designed to assist responders who provide psychological first aid (PFA) to adults, families, and children as part of an organized response effort. This app provides responders with summaries of PFA fundamentals, PFA interventions matched to specific concerns and needs of survivors, mentor tips for applying PFA in the field, a self-assessment tool for readiness to conduct PFA, and a survivors’ needs form for simplified data collection and easy referral. PFA Mobile was created by VA’s National Center for PTSD in partnership with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and DoD’s National Center for Telehealth & Technology.
Apps (from Veterans Affairs and or the National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
COVID COACH – the COVID Coach app was created for everyone, including Veterans and Service members, to support self-care and overall mental health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The site provides information about the app, how to use the app and training material
https://mobile.va.gov/app/covid-coach#AppDescription
Pat Deegan and Associates:
COVID 19 Safety Plan:
Mental health recovery pioneer, Pat Deegan PHD, created a free worksheet to help develop a unique Coming Out of Quarantine Safety Plan. Visit this link to access a fillable worksheet in English or Spanish and a video tutorial on how to use it. For more information visit: COVID 19 Safety Plan
NOTE: It’s free but one must provide an email to access and can make their own decision about downloading and may opt out at any time)
NCAPPS COVID RESOURCES
The National Center on Advancing Person- Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) is an initiative from the Administration for Community Living and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that helps States, Tribes, and Territories implement person-centered thinking, planning, and practice in line with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services policy.
NCAPPS has developed and pulled together a number of useful resources (templates videos etc)
https://ncapps.acl.gov/covid-19-resources.html
Self Help Resources:
UCLA site, Together for Wellness, https://calhope.semel.ucla.edu/.