Behavioral Health Integration – Children and Youth Collaborative Learning Exchange (2024-2025)
Launched October 2024, the Behavioral Health Integration – Children and Youth Collaborative Learning Exchange is a nine-month learning collaborative that brings together organizations experienced in integrating behavioral health services into primary care for children and youth.
Collaborative Objectives
By July 2025, the collaborative aims to have improved behavioral health integration for children and youth served by leading provider organizations by:
- Showcasing successful practices and highlighting solutions through a vibrant network of peer organizations
- Sprouting adoption of new solutions addressing real-world challenges that improve the delivery of pediatric and adolescent integrated behavioral health care
- Sharing best practices through a public toolkit that synthesizes collaborative participants’ recommendations, experience and contributions to the field
Participating Organizations
- Alliance Medical Center — rural Federally Qualifying Health Center (FQHC) in northern Sonoma County
- Altamed Health Services — FQHC in Los Angeles and Orange Counties
- Children’s Hospital of Orange County — health system providing inpatient and outpatient services across Southern California
- LifeLong Medical Care — FQHC with locations in Alameda and Contra Costa counties
- Providence Medical Group (Northern California) — network spanning Sonoma, Napa and Humboldt counties
- San Francisco Health Network — multi-site FQHC and part of San Francisco’s public health system
- Chinese Hospital — (learning participant) hospital system with locations in San Francisco and Daly City
Organizations participating in the collaborative will receive:
- Funding of up to $7,500 over the course of the collaborative to support the advancement of behavioral health integration
- Facilitated monthly peer meetings that promote sharing and learning from a dynamic network of peer health care organizations
Technical Assistance Partner
CQC is partnering with Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego for the Behavioral Health Integration – Children and Youth Collaborative Learning Exchange technical assistance program. Rady Children’s is the largest provider of comprehensive pediatric medical services in the San Diego region and a leader in integrated behavioral health. The hospital launched a primary care behavioral/mental health integration program in 2020 that provides evidence-based mental health care through embedding mental health clinicians in pediatric primary care practices for easy, same-day access.
Support
CQC’s Behavioral Health Integration Initiative is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Centene Corporation.
Resources
Behavioral Health Integration Billing and Coding Sheet
BHI Quarterly Implementation Update
Behavioral Health Integration Initiative Annual Report Annual Report 2023
Prospectus | Behavioral Health Integration – Children and Youth Collaborative Learning Exchange
Behavioral Health Integration – Children and Youth Collaborative Learning Exchange is a nine-month learning collaborative to help provider organizations experienced in behavioral health integration supporting children and youth to share, spread and showcase successful practices.
BHI Snapshot | Selecting an Integration Model
Behavioral Health Integration Implementation Plan
Our BHI Implementation Plan guides organizations through the creation of a plan that integrates multi-disciplinary team feedback to determine the integration model that best meets organizational needs.
Upcoming Events and Training
CFHA Integrated Care Conference
Crystal Eubanks, Executive Director at the California Quality Collaborative and Vice President of Care Transformation at the Purchaser Business Group on Health, will present on the California Advanced Primary Care Initiative’s work to improve primary care delivery.
Behavioral Health Integration Implementation Webinar Series
The California Quality Collaborative’s Behavioral Health Integration Implementation Webinar Series is a three-part webinar series for health care organizations planning and implementing behavioral health integration.
Cal-IN Peer Group
In partnership with the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, the California Quality Collaborative is hosting quarterly virtual peer group meetings for individuals working to integrate behavioral health care into the primary care setting in California.
Past Events and Training
CQC Webinar: Behavioral Health Integration – Children and Youth Collaborative Learning Exchange Program
BHI-CYCLE is a nine-month learning collaborative beginning October 2024 that will bring together organizations experienced in integrating behavioral health services into primary care for children and youth.