SB803 101 (2023)
When: December 14, 2023
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.
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.
Learn MoreThe 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.
Learn MoreBuilding 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.
Learn MoreCalHOPE 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.
Learn MoreCAMHPRO 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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