Workforce Solutions Overview

A partnership with Palo Alto University to offer a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program for selected county staff:

• County covers tuition and fees
• Staff accept a service commitment with the county for a designated length of time
• Training emphasis on two areas: Marriage, Family and Child Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling
• Coming soon: deadline to apply for spring 2024  

Virtual clinical supervision through a HIPAA-compliant platform to fill a gap for counties that have pre-licensed staff but do not have access to enough clinical supervisors:

• Counties purchase remote individual supervision hours for pre-licensed staff
• All supervisors in the program will complete a training to orient them to the Medi-Cal core client populations within county behavioral health
• Counties also have the option to purchase Triad supervision (two associates, one supervisor)
• Group supervision (three to eight associates, one supervisor)

Supporting county behavioral health departments with both temporary and permanent in-person and remote clinical staffing:

• Counties can purchase clinical hourly staff time for 17 identified clinical positions
• Short-term and long-term program needs
• Joint Commission staffing agency

To continue to strengthen counties’ Peer workforce, counties may elect to pay for certification fees for Peer workers by purchasing items related to Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist certification.

This new program offers counties additional loan repayment opportunities. It includes $50,000 per recipient for individuals identified by counties and for positions that are hard to fill or retain, in exchange for a three-year service commitment.

For more information, email [email protected]