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The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.
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Asian Health Services is a part of a fledgling movement trying to address a dire shortage of therapists by training community health workers and other non-licensed professionals who have trusted relationships with their communities to add mental health counseling to their roles.
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.
