This Behavioral Health Conference will foster meaningful discussions on policy, representation, and advocacy between federal leaders, elected officials, leadership and staff from California counties, behavioral health agencies, allied state advocacy organizations, and consumers of behavioral health services.

This convening will include entertainment, a community reception to facilitate networking, and educational offerings focused on national and state trends in behavioral health. Attendees will learn how all are needed to mobilize to design a comprehensive and more equitable behavioral health system.

Leading experts will focus on workforce development, recruitment, and sustainability; innovations in behavioral health research and practice; interventions for justice-involved populations; youth, child welfare, and school-based services; housing; lived experience and allied behavioral health occupations; crisis intervention; and financing and infrastructure.

This event is co-hosted by California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies (CBHA), California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS), and California Primary Care Association (CPCA).