Continuing to expand the Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification program, CalMHSA has finalized the core competencies for three areas of specialization a... Read more
CalMHSA’s Project Cultivate — a collaboration with Palo Alto University and county behavioral health — offers master’s degrees in counseling to county staff. Th... Read more
A new report released by the County Behavioral Health Directors Association found that, in a survey of 57 county and two city behavioral health agencies, more t... Read more
In partnership with 23 counties, CalMHSA is building a semi-statewide electronic health record (EHR) with a groundbreaking design that is truly customized for b... Read more
In partnership with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), CalMHSA has awarded $33 million to 21 community organizations to implement the Cal... Read more
CalMHSA offers subject matter expertise on a range of BHQIP topics to counties that have executed a Behavioral Health Quality Improvement Program (BHQIP) Partic... Read more
As CalMHSA works to identify solutions for counties to meet state and federal interoperability requirements, we have developed the following common misconceptio... Read more
Certifying peer support specialists so they can be eligible for Medi-Cal reimbursement through county mental health and substance use disorder plans is an impor... Read more
At CalMHSA, our job is to recognize where our strengths lie so that we can turn our attention to your behavioral health departments — and how we can apply our e... Read more
