California Child and Adolescent Mental Health Access Portal (Cal-MAP)
In December 2024, DHCS, in partnership with the University of California, San Francisco Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program (USCF CAPP), launched the California Child and Adolescent Mental Health Access Portal (Cal-MAP).
What is Cal-MAP?
Cal-MAP is a CalHOPE pediatric mental health care access program designed to increase timely access to mental health care for youth throughout California's communities, especially in the state's most underserved and rural areas.
What does Cal-MAP offer?
The Cal-MAP program offers:
- Consultation: Real-time guidance and coaching
- Training: Project ECHO “All Teach All Learn"
- Resources: For PCPs and families with topics and diagnosis specific information
How does Cal-MAP work?
Cal-MAP is a statewide behavioral health eConsult service that provides pediatricians, primary care physicians and other practitioners (e.g., school-based service providers) access to consultation support from licensed behavioral health professionals, including psychiatrists.
Cal-MAP provides remote and real-time consultation support with behavioral health clinical experts, that offers access to behavioral health resources, tools and supports, including trainings to strengthen the workforce and improve the capacity of primary care providers and pediatricians to provide behavioral health treatment to children, youth and young adults.
Is Cal-MAP Free?
Yes. Cal-MAP's team of psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers provide no-cost consultation, education, and resource navigation to California Primary Care Providers (PCPs) caring for mental and behavioral health concerns in youth 0-25.
What kind of questions are appropriate for consultation through Cal-MAP?
Registered PCPs use Cal-MAP for a provider-to-provider (peer-to-peer) consultation. Phone inquiries are usually patient specific, but also can be about general questions related to youth mental and behavioral health questions including screening, diagnosis, and treatment planning, as well as general developmental and behavioral health concerns. Common consultations involve questions surrounding diagnostic clarification, treatment planning (including tips on psychoeducation, collaboration with the family, psychotherapy and medications if warranted) and access to resources and referrals in the community.
Learn More
To learn more about the Cal-MAP program, visit www.cal-map.org.
Contact
If you have any questions, please email CYBHI@dhcs.ca.gov.
