When you’re in crisis
Are you or someone you know in immediate crisis?
Seeking help?
When you need support
Mental health is an essential part of your healthcare. If mental health or substance is affecting your daily life, contact your doctor. Ask for help including treatments like therapy and medication.
Don’t have a doctor? Find out how to get health insurance through Covered California.
Have coverage and can’t get treatment? Call the Department of Managed
Health Care at
1-888-466-2219.
Staying healthy
Are you feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, or worried? California offers free mental health support, wellness resources, emotional support, and more. Find free help today.
- For youth, young adults and families, find help at CalHOPE
- For kids, parents & caregivers, get free resources at BrightLife Kids and Soluna
- For older Californians, check out Friendship Line California
Proposition 1 implementation
Summer 2024
Bond applications for treatment sites open
Winter 2024
Bond applications for supportive housing open
Spring/Summer 2025
Bond money awarded to:
- cities,
- counties,
- tribal entities, and
- organizations across California
Summer 2026
All counties implement new 3-year comprehensive behavioral health services plans
Accountability for results
A key to our behavioral health transformation is adding accountability tools. This lets us see real results and better outcomes. And this means accountability from everyone, including:
- state and local entities
- counties and cities
- private and public sectors
Now
Visit state dashboards that track new treatment sites and housing being built:
Next
We’ll debut a new state website with easy- to- use trackers for county and state progress. This lets you see what’s going on in your community.
Future
In 2026-2027, all new mental health plans and reports from counties and state:
- will be based on community input and data,
- will include all funding, and
- will be reviewed by the state for outcomes.
Now is the time for counties to take action
Counties have the tools and resources they need to:
- take action now,
- build more treatment centers, and
- plan for the new comprehensive behavioral health plans to take effect in July 2026.
Here’s how to do it:
Act
Act urgently for the most ill, unsheltered, and vulnerable.
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Mobile Crisis Services
- Full Service Partnerships (“Whatever it takes” treatment)
- CARE Act, for people with untreated psychosis
- LPS Conservatorship Reform (PDF)
- Opioid Response
Build
Build more new treatment sites and supportive housing with these tools.
- Behavioral Health Community Infrastructure: Treatment sites, both inpatient and outpatient
- HomeKey: Permanent supportive housing
- Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention: Permanent supportive housing for veterans.
- Behavioral Health Bridge Housing: Short-term housing
- Behavioral Health Transformation
Plan
The first-ever county and state all behavioral health 3-year plans will begin July 2026.
- We will engage Californians in county and state planning for behavioral health funding.
- To read your county’s current 3-year plans for MHSA funds, see MHSA County Plans and Updates.