Veterans

Mental Health Peer Specialists

Peer Support Specialists, Veterans Affairs Administration

Reports/Articles/Webinars

Crisis Intercept Mapping for Service Members, Veterans and their Families, SAMHSA 2022
PowerPoint,  Webinar Recording

 State of the Veteran Community Report​ , 2018 CAVSA

Invisible Wounds:  Mental Health and Cognitive Care Needs of America's Returning Veterans: RAND (2008)

Removing Barriers to Mental Health Services for Veterans, American Public Health Association (2014)

Majority of California veterans who need mental health care receive inadequate or no treatment, UCLA Newsroom (2016)​

Resources

CalVet Veterans Services
  1. Crisis Intervention
  2. Disability Compensation
  3. Family & Readjustment Counseling

​Help for Service Members and Their Families, MentalHealth.gov (US Dept HHS)

​Veterans Benefit Enhancement (VBE) Project, DHCS

Older Veteran Behavioral Health Resource Inventory, US Department of Veterans Affairs
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County/Local
Eureka:  Gray Matters: Program assists local veterans, Times Standard (2017)
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Veterans Crisis Line logo with phone number; 1-800-273-8255

OFFICE

717 K STREET, SUITE 427
SACRAMENTO, CA 95814

mission

cALBHB/C supports the work of california's 59 local mental/ behavioral health boards and commissions by providing resources, training, and opportunities for communication and statewide advocacy.

Local boards are responsible for reviewing community mental health needs, services, facilities and special problems, and serve in an advisory capacity to local governing bodies and local mental/behavioral health directors per CA Welfare and Institutions Code 5604.2.
Donations are welcome. CALBHB/C is a nonprofit organization.