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CalVoices urges stronger technical assistance and billing pathways for peer workforce
Summary
CalVoices told the Behavioral Health Commission that peer-run and consumer-operated organizations need technical assistance, funding stability and clearer Medi‑Cal pathways so they are not left behind as services move into managed care and BHSA funding streams.
CalVoices, a consumer-operated peer organization, told the Commission for Behavioral Health on April 10 that California’s peer workforce and small community-based organizations risk being left behind as the state shifts services into managed care and the Behavioral Health Services Act.
The organization’s advocacy director, Claire Courtright, said CalVoices used an MHSA-funded grant to train clients and peers across the state and that its work revealed major gaps in billing readiness and organizational capacity. “Many peers are not Medi‑Cal certified and the brick-and-mortar programs that have been cash-financed outside Medi‑Cal are not set up for billing,” Courtright said, describing local wellness and recovery centers, drop-in programs and other consumer-run services that…
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