The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) awarded an additional $33 million to 120 tribal organizations and nonprofit providers to expand the Department of Mental Health's supervised internship program for program staff.
Each entity will receive up to $500,000 to enhance and build its behavioral health and substance use disorder workforce, focusing on resources that expand the prevention, treatment and recovery workforce to support Californians with or at risk of developing an opioid use disorder.
“We are pleased to continue supporting these successful programs aimed at recruiting new workers into behavioral health settings,” said DHCS Director Michelle Baass.