Peer support specialists (PSS) play vital roles in mental health support and recovery. This brief presents the results of a survey examining the experiences, career pathways, and organizational challenges and supports encountered by PSS in California and provides recommendations for how legislators and organizational leaders can enhance their support to PSS. Further research is needed to explore solutions to the needs elevated in this brief
Welcome to the series of Equity in Telehealth Vignettes brought to you by the Delta Center California State Roundtable. This series of 7 vignettes features individuals served by California health centers and community-based behavioral health providers that participated as local grantee teams in the Delta Center California Learning Lab. Each vignette highlights an individual's story and an opportunity to advance equity in telehealth.
As the first and only health center-led Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in California, and one of a growing number of provider-led safety-net ACOs nationwide, Redwood Community Care Organization (RCCO) is an example of an early foray into accountable care in the safety net.