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Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Evidence-Based and Community-Defined Evidence Practices Round Four: Youth-Driven Programs

Department of Health Care Services · 43937

Eligibility details

Eligible entities to submit a proposal may include individual practitioners, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, behavioral health providers, counties, plans, and Tribal entities.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: Not Required. There will be no matching funding for this grant.

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About this opportunity

Authorized as part of the 2021 Budget Act, the CYBHI is a multi-year, multi-department package of investments that reimagines the systems that support behavioral health (BH) and wellness for all California’s children, youth, and their families. Efforts focus on promoting social and emotional well-being, preventing behavioral health challenges, and providing equitable, appropriate, timely, and accessible services for emerging and existing BH needs for children and youth ages 0-25. The $4.7 billion investment of state General Funds for the CYBHI will improve access to, and the quality of, BH services for all children and youth in California, regardless of payer. In Round Four, DHCS seeks to scale youth-driven programs to support youth drop-in centers or other youth-driven programs 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 youth drop-in centers and/or other youth-driven programs designed with, by and for youth 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. Through a Third-Party Administrator, the Commission, DHCS will award grants, totaling up to $50 million to scale youth drop-in centers or other youth driven programs to provide children and youth access to mental health services throughout California. For Round Four, the following EBPs and/or CDEPs will be scaled through competitive grant awards: · allcove™ model youth drop-in centers4 (Appendix 1 – allcove™ Model Components) · Other youth-driven programs, which includes but are not limited to: o Drop-in centers for homeless youth o Drop-in centers for LGBTQIA+ youth o Clubhouse model (Young adults with Serious Mental Illness) o Fostering Healthy Futures -Preteen (FHF-P) o Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model o Peer Respite o Across Ages DHCS recognizes that the short-listed evidence-based practices may not have been developed or normalized for populations of focus. Additional practices and programs relating to youth drop-in centers or youth-driven programs that are designed with, by, and for youth may be considered eligible for grant funding with the submission of supplementary material. The RFA for Round Four: Youth-Driven Programs Grants is located on the Commission’s website.

Funding geography: Not specified — review source. A funder’s address does not establish eligibility.

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.