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Topics / Behavioral Health

Substance Use Disorder

We are working to address California’s addiction crisis by expanding access to evidence-based treatment. We focus on integrating treatment into primary care, strengthening the behavioral health workforce, and reforming payment systems to sustain high-quality care.

Featured Publications

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Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart, Amber Williams
Human Impact

Santa Cruz Sobering Center Benefits Patients and County Justice System

County residents support this low-barrier entry point to substance use treatment and mental health care.

November 20, 2024
Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorder
Illustration of a map of California

Substance Use Disorder in California — a Focused Landscape Analysis

August 27, 2024
Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorder
Hands putting gears together.

Managing California’s Behavioral Health System: County Contracting Strategies

October 21, 2024
Behavioral Health, CalAIM, Medi-Cal

California Pays Meth Users to Get Sober

June 13, 2024
Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Substance Use Disorder
Recent graduates of the PEDAL program with their certificates. Photo: Courtesy of UCSF

Promotor Training Seeks to Improve Outcomes for Latinos/x With Substance Use Disorder

August 26, 2024
Education and Training, Health Workforce, Health Workforce Diversity, Substance Use Disorder

Recent Resources

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Blog
Feature Story

Street Medicine Team’s Behavioral Health Care Builds Trust with Inland Empire’s Unhoused Residents

March 05, 2026
Blog
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Resource
Toolkit

Blueprint for Sobering Care in California: Implementation Guide

November 26, 2025
Resource
Illustration of a man looking through a door to a brighter future.
Resource
Explainer

Sobering Centers Explained, 2025 Updates

November 07, 2025
Resource
Clinician talking to male patient
Resource
Fact Sheet

Listening to Californians with Complex Needs: Transitioning from Incarceration

October 13, 2025
Resource
Blog
Feature Story

Community Health Centers Find New Ways to Bring Lifesaving Care to Patients with Substance Use Disorder

October 10, 2025
Blog
Counselor talks to patient
Resource
Fact Sheet

Listening to Californians with Complex Needs: Behavioral Health

September 22, 2025
Resource
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Resource
Report

Listening to Californians with Complex Needs

September 22, 2025
Resource
Four people standing in front of the Skid Row Care Campus in Los Angeles, a plave where people expriencing homelessness can get health care , find a place to rest, charge their phones, grab some food, or even get connected with housing.
Blog
Feature Story

In a Nation Growing Hostile Toward Drugs and Homelessness, Los Angeles Tries Leniency

July 21, 2025
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Oakland, CA 94612
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