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Health Workforce

Our work in health workforce addresses California’s critical provider shortages. We invest in strategies to recruit, train, and retain a diverse workforce, expand scope of practice, and promote innovative care models to ensure all Californians — especially in underserved communities — have access to quality care.

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What Is Lay Counseling?

This fact sheet shows how lay counselors can bridge the mental health workforce gap by providing evidence-based support comparable to that offered by licensed therapists.

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Strengthening the Behavioral Health Workforce: Evaluation of the Lay Counselor Academy

An evaluation of the Lay Counselor Academy finds the program effectively upskills health and social workers to provide mental health support. The program could play a pivotal role in addressing immediate and long-term shortages in the mental health workforce.

Sierra Stevens with computerized training equipment for future health care workers at Calaveras High School. She graduated from the program and is now completing her nursing education. She plans to stay in the area and work at the local hospital.

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Rural Health Programs Empower High School Students for Local Careers

Expanded career technical education is creating job opportunities for students and alleviating the health worker shortage in rural California.

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