The Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission is seeking applications for the California Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI).
Donor Name: Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/03/2023
Size of the Grant: $80 million
Details:
As a component of the CYBHI, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will scale throughout the state specified Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) and Community-Defined Evidence Practices (CDEPs) that are based on robust evidence for effectiveness, impact on racial equity, and long-term sustainability. By scaling EBPs and CDEPs throughout the state, DHCS aims to improve access to critical BH interventions, including those focused on prevention, early intervention and resiliency/recovery, for children and youth, with a specific focus on children and youth from Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) and LGBTQIA+ communities.
The aim of the program is to scale early intervention programs and practices that provide mental health and wellness services to children, youth, parents, and caregivers in California. These programs will be equipped to meet the needs of youth, including mental and behavioral health needs, housing, education and employment support, and linkage to other services.
Specifically, this grant funding round aims to:
- Create and expand early intervention programs and practices that reduce stigma, embrace mental wellness, increase community connection and provide access to culturally responsive services.
- Provide a safe space for children and youth to find community, support, and advice.
- Increase early intervention so children and youth with or at high risk for BH conditions can access services before conditions escalate and require higher level care.
- Reduce health disparities by improving equitable access to services for parents, caregivers, and children in California that are culturally and linguistically responsive to the needs of the populations of focus.
- Reduce utilization of higher acuity setting through early intervention.
For Round 5, the following EBPs and/or CDEPs will be scaled through competitive grant awards:
- Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) for First Episode of Psychosis,
- Other early intervention programs and practices, which include but are not limited to:
- Blues Program
- Culturally Informed and Flexible Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA)
- Familias Unidas
- Residential Student Assistance Program (RSAP)
- Resourceful Adolescent Program-Adolescent (RAP-A)
- Youth Mobile Crisis Response.
Funding Information
This procurement will award up to a total of $80 million in grants, to scale early intervention programs and practices to provide children and youth access to mental health services throughout California.
Eligibility Criteria
Entities eligible to receive grants as a part of this RFA, Round 5: Early Intervention programs grants, include but are not limited to:
- Community-based organizations that provide services to children, youth, and/or families:
- Provider clinics (e.g., primary care, community mental health, BH),
- County or city governments (e.g., county BH departments, public health),
- Early learning and care providers (e.g., childcare and preschool settings),
- Family resource centers,
- Statewide and local agencies (e.g., First 5 associations),
- Faith-based organizations,
- Regional centers,
- Local Education Agencies (County Offices of Education, school districts), public K–12 school sites, charter schools,
- Institutions of higher education (e.g., California Community Colleges, California State University, University of California),
- Tribal entities (i.e., any Indian Tribe, tribal organization, Indian-controlled organization serving Indians, Native Hawaiian organization, or Alaska Native entity),
- Health Care Districts,
- Health plans,
- Hospitals and hospital systems, and
- Others, as applicable.
For more information, visit MHSOAC.
