Announcements

5 in 5 - Peers Across California

Meet CAMHPRO on the road. Five Regions in Five Weeks!

Superior region, Oct 2-6
Central region, Oct 9-14
Bay Area region, Oct 16-20
Southern region, Oct 23-29
Los Angeles region, Oct 30-Nov 4

For more info about the schedule, click here

Regional Peer Leadership Meetings

Join us for these quarterly peer meetings! We gather together to learn leadership skills and network with one another. Those in the peer movement are typically underrepresented in the areas of management and leadership. Historically, BIPOC and other marginalized groups have not had adequate representation. These regional meetings are an effort to change these realities.

Join in one of the following:

Bay Area Region (Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Benito and all counties west)
October 16, 9 - 11 a.m.

Superior Region (Mendocino, Lake, Colusa, Butte, Nevada, and all counties north)
October 17, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Southern Region (San Luis Obispo, Kern, San Bernardino, and all counties south)
October 18, 10 - 12 noon

Central Region (All counties east of the Bay Area Region)
October 24, 1 - 3 p.m.

Los Angeles Region (Los Angeles County only)
October 30, 9 - 11 a.m.

Upcoming Events

SB803 101 (2023)

When: November 09, 2023

Peer Support Specialist Certification Exam Prep / Study Group

When: October 13, 2023

Where: Online

Substance Abuse Advisory Committee

When: November 21, 2023

Select your event by clicking on image

Coloring Companionship
09/08/2023

Meditation Prompt Writing
09/11/2023

LGBTQIA+ CREATIVE WRITING GROUP, 2nd edition: Learning the Grammar of Animacy
10/04/2023

Film Club
10/06/2023

California Association of
Mental Health Peer-Run Organizations

CAMHPRO was founded in 2012 and is a 501(c)3 non-profit incorporated consumer-run statewide organization consisting of member entities, established, independent, and successful consumer-run organizations, and individual consumer members or peers.

The specific purpose of CAMHPRO is to promote the work and mission of peer-run organizations devoted to advocacy and empowerment for mental health consumers. CAMHPRO advocates for organizations and individual peers within counties, regions, statewide, and nationally.

As an association of peer-run organizations, CAMHPRO facilitates training and coordinates resources for consumer-operated services, peer support, and self-help programming in diverse communities.

Our Programs

Lived Experience, Advocacy, and Diversity (LEAD) is a statewide three-year project funded by the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) for Client/Consumer Stakeholder Education, Advocacy and Outreach activities.

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The Peer Empowerment Partnership (PEP) is a CAMHPRO program that is funded by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and administered by Advocates for Human Potential (AHP) as part of the Behavioral Health Workforce Development.

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Building Peer Leadership (BPL), with CAMHPRO are invested in helping peer-run organizations to grow and to be sustainable. It is also about empowering and equipping new peer-run organizations to start and develop.

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CalHOPE Support Project is a one-year program funded by the Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS) and administered by the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA). CalHOPE Support Specialists provide non-clinical emotional support to Californians in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, natural and human-caused disasters, and other stressors through group and individual counseling, both in person and online.

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CAMHPRO has joined Painted Brain to involve and engage the peer voice in developing Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs). Several counties have joined together in this Innovations project to develop PADs in California, funded by the Mental Health Services Act (Proposition 63).

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