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07/21/2026

You are cordially invited to join us for a day of celebration honoring Recovery Month at Recovery Happens 2026!

Let’s celebrate to increase awareness and understanding of substance use disorders, highlight that recovery is attainable and celebrate those on their recovery journey.

No matter who you are or where you live, mental health and substance use disorders affect people in your community. In support of recovery month, we hope to connect an array of community resources, prevention and treatment information in a community fun filled event.

We will also be hosting a recovery walk, banner contest and have inspirational speakers. We will have awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for the banner contest. Join together and create a banner focused on recovery and display it during the walk, everyone is eligible for the contest, this includes organizations, recovery groups or individuals

07/21/2026

📢The Commission for Behavioral Health is proud to announce the Intent to Award for the first $20 million round of the Innovation Partnership Fund (IPF).

Following a competitive process that drew 307 applications from across the state, we are awarding 13 grants to support projects that move beyond the status quo:

💰Large Grants (≈ $16M Total):

✅California Behavioral Health Director’s Association (Statewide)
✅Habitat for Humanity (Yuba/Sutter)
✅LA General Medical Center Foundation, Inc. (Los Angeles)
✅Rural County Representatives of California (Rural North State)
✅Safe Passages (Statewide)

💰Small Grants (≈ $4M Total):

✅Beach Cities Health Care District (Los Angeles)
✅Bonita House, Inc. (Alameda)
✅Cal Voices (Statewide)
✅Humboldt Neurohealth Therapeutic Services (Humboldt/Trinity)
✅North Coast Health Improvement and Information Network (Humboldt/Del Norte)
✅Soccer Without Borders (Alameda)
✅South Central LA Regional Center (Los Angeles)
✅Third Sector Capital Partners (Sutter/Yuba)

📄This Notice of Intent to Award is posted on the Commission’s website at www.bhsoac.ca.gov for five (5) working days, representing the formal protest period.

Read the full Notice of Intent to Award and explore the projects here:https://bhsoac.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/IPF-001_Notice_of_Intent_to_Award.pdf

07/21/2026

CBHDA has been selected as a grantee for the inaugural round of Innovation Partnership Fund (IPF) grants. Following a competitive application process, the Commission for Behavioral Health announced its Notice of Intent to Award, recognizing innovative, equity-centered initiatives that will support California’s public behavioral health system.

This grant will fund the development of a statewide training and technical assistance infrastructure that supports counties in their ongoing efforts to sustainably operationalize and expand Peer Support Specialists throughout the public behavioral health continuum of services. We are proud to be a part of this important work and look forward to collaborating with partners across California to expand and strengthen the behavioral health workforce through peer support.

Commission for Behavioral Health