This week, the California Health and Human Services Agency
(CalHHS) released an update of the Children and Youth Behavioral
Health Initiative Efforts.
The Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative was included
in the Budget Act of 2021 allocating $27.5 million for
county-school behavioral health partnerships and $5.5 million for
qualifying Medi-Cal managed care plans to implement school
interventions, with additional funding for other youth behavioral
health efforts led by health plans, schools, counties, and
community based organizations for Californians aged 0 to 25 with
a strong emphasis on school-based behavioral health activities
and requires health plans to cover school-linked behavioral
health services.
The stakeholder
update from CalHHS shares the initiative’s goals along with
the current work and planning phases of the five CalHHS
departments which include: The Department of Health Care
Services. Department of Health Care Access and Information,
Department of Managed Health Care, California Department of
Public Health, and the Office of the Surgeon General.
CSAC continues to work closely as a stakeholder in this process
as the workplan transitions into implementation efforts.
Stakeholders are welcome to provide input on the efforts of the
initiative by emailing CYBHI@chhs.ca.gov.
