DHCS intends to establish Centers of Excellence (COEs) to offer training and technical assistance and fidelity monitoring to Medi-Cal specialty behavioral health providers and county behavioral health plans implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) as part of the BH-CONNECT initiative and the Behavioral Health Transformation (BHT).
To carry out this initiative, DHCS has chosen to partner with Health Management Associates, Inc (HMA) as the Administrative Entity. HMA will oversee, coordinate, and streamline activities with the following organizations that have been tentatively selected to serve as COEs:
- The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles – Public Mental Health Partnership (UCLA PMHP) to support Assertive Community Treatment.
- The Regents of the University of California, Davis – EPI-CAL (UC Davis – EPI-CAL) to support Coordinated Specialty Care for First Episode Psychosis.
- IPS Supported Employment Center to support Individual Placement and Support model of Supported Employment.
- Clubhouse International to support Clubhouse services.
- MST Services to support Multisystemic Therapy.
- FFT, LLC to support Functional Family Therapy.
- PCIT International to support Parent-Child Interaction Therapy.
County behavioral health plans and providers can visit the COE Resource Hub webpage to sign up for updates, share feedback and questions, and learn more about COEs.
