Behavioral Health Workforce |
Workforce, Education & Training Issue Brief
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Papers, Plans, Programs, Presentations, Reports
HCAI Presentation: Draft 2026-2030 Workforce, Education & Training Plan, April 2026
SAMHSA Crisis Care Workforce: Model Standards for Crisis Care Workers, 2026
HCAI Presentation: Strategic Planning for CA's Behavioral Health Workforce, August 2025
MHSA WET 2020-2025 Plan | PowerPoint
SAMHSA Workforce Development Resources (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (3RNet) assists health professionals in their search for jobs in rural and underserved areas throughout California. Healthcare facilities and employers may also use 3RNet to recruit and retain health professionals in rural and underserved areas
SHARE! Peer Workforce Bridging Research and Practice Video Presentations
Paraprofessionals in California’s Behavioral Health Workforce Research Report, UCSF, 2023
Addressing the Disparities in Clinical Exam Rates for Behavioral Health, The CA Alliance, 2023
Building the Future Behavioral Health Workforce: Needs Assessment, CBHDA 2023
Minding the Future: A report on workforce challenges in youth behavioral health, CA Alliance, 2023
Health Workforce Research Data Center Annual Report to the Legislature, CA Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI), 2023
Improving the Workforce through Diversity, Equity & Belonging Innovations, The National Council, 2022
Removing Barriers, Expanding and Strengthening CA's Substance Use Disorder Workforce, CAADPE, October 2021
Long Waits Plague Sacramento County Mental Health Services, Sacramento Bee, May, 2021
California’s Behavioral Health Services
Workforce Is Inadequate for Older Adults, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research 2019
CA's Current and Future BH Workforce, Healthforce Center at UCSF, 2018
Where Are The Psychiatrists? Amador County And Rural California Hit Hardest By Physician Shortage, CapRadio 8/18
CA's Current & Future Behavioral Health Workforce, Healthforce Center at UCSF, 2/18
California's Behavioral Health Workforce, Current & Future, 2018: The Healthforce Center at UCSF is currently providing support to the California Future Health Workforce Commission as the Commission develops recommendations and a master plan for ensuring an adequate health workforce to meet demand for services now and in the future.
Forecast Shows Deepening Shortage of Mental Health Professionals in California, California Healthline 2018
Meeting the Demand for Health, CA Future Health Workforce Commission.
Powerhouse forum takes on critical challenges in mental health workforce, Includes links to the presentations Steinberg Institute, 2018
The Psychiatric Shortage - Causes & Solutions, National Council for Behavioral Health, 2017
Legislation to Increase Training of General Practitioners: San Diego Tribune, Signed into law in November, 2017, "...The goal of AB 1340 is to give [primary care] providers the tools they need to recognize the symptoms of common mental health conditions, and provide appropriate treatment or referrals...."
Mental Health Health Professional Shortage Areas in California, Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development Atlas
Shortage of Mental Health Care Professionals in CA, Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts, December 2016
SAMHSA Crisis Care Workforce: Model Standards for Crisis Care Workers, 2026
HCAI Presentation: Strategic Planning for CA's Behavioral Health Workforce, August 2025
MHSA WET 2020-2025 Plan | PowerPoint
SAMHSA Workforce Development Resources (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (3RNet) assists health professionals in their search for jobs in rural and underserved areas throughout California. Healthcare facilities and employers may also use 3RNet to recruit and retain health professionals in rural and underserved areas
SHARE! Peer Workforce Bridging Research and Practice Video Presentations
Paraprofessionals in California’s Behavioral Health Workforce Research Report, UCSF, 2023
Addressing the Disparities in Clinical Exam Rates for Behavioral Health, The CA Alliance, 2023
Building the Future Behavioral Health Workforce: Needs Assessment, CBHDA 2023
Minding the Future: A report on workforce challenges in youth behavioral health, CA Alliance, 2023
Health Workforce Research Data Center Annual Report to the Legislature, CA Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI), 2023
Improving the Workforce through Diversity, Equity & Belonging Innovations, The National Council, 2022
Removing Barriers, Expanding and Strengthening CA's Substance Use Disorder Workforce, CAADPE, October 2021
Long Waits Plague Sacramento County Mental Health Services, Sacramento Bee, May, 2021
California’s Behavioral Health Services
Workforce Is Inadequate for Older Adults, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research 2019
CA's Current and Future BH Workforce, Healthforce Center at UCSF, 2018
Where Are The Psychiatrists? Amador County And Rural California Hit Hardest By Physician Shortage, CapRadio 8/18
CA's Current & Future Behavioral Health Workforce, Healthforce Center at UCSF, 2/18
California's Behavioral Health Workforce, Current & Future, 2018: The Healthforce Center at UCSF is currently providing support to the California Future Health Workforce Commission as the Commission develops recommendations and a master plan for ensuring an adequate health workforce to meet demand for services now and in the future.
Forecast Shows Deepening Shortage of Mental Health Professionals in California, California Healthline 2018
Meeting the Demand for Health, CA Future Health Workforce Commission.
Powerhouse forum takes on critical challenges in mental health workforce, Includes links to the presentations Steinberg Institute, 2018
The Psychiatric Shortage - Causes & Solutions, National Council for Behavioral Health, 2017
Legislation to Increase Training of General Practitioners: San Diego Tribune, Signed into law in November, 2017, "...The goal of AB 1340 is to give [primary care] providers the tools they need to recognize the symptoms of common mental health conditions, and provide appropriate treatment or referrals...."
Mental Health Health Professional Shortage Areas in California, Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development Atlas
Shortage of Mental Health Care Professionals in CA, Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts, December 2016
