New – Fee Waivers Available!
CalMHSA, in partnership with DHCS, is offering time-limited fee waivers to support the behavioral health workforce. Fee waivers must be used by September 15, 2025.
Opportunities Available:
1. Core Training (80-Hour Course) and Initial Certification:
400 fee waivers are available to individuals seeking initial certification. Waivers toward certification are applied and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
How it works:
- Interested individuals must contact the CalMHSA-approved training provider and register for an available open session.
- Training provider will submit information for individuals who are registered for the approved 80-hour training to cover the cost of training.
- Training must be started no later than September 15, 2025.
- After successfully completing training, individuals will apply for initial certification on the CalMHSA website.
2. Training in Areas of Specialization:
1,000 fee waivers for training in one or more areas of specialization. Waivers are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
How it works:
- Must be a Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist.
- Interested individuals must contact the CalMHSA-approved Specialization training provider and register for an available open session (Parent, Caregiver, and Family Member Peer, Peer Services in Crisis Care, Peer Services for Unhoused, and/or Peer Services for Justice Involved).
- Training must be started no later than September 15, 2025.
- Training provider will submit information of individuals who are registered for an approved training to cover the cost of training.
- After completing training, individuals are expected to return to their application to upload their training certificate(s) to be recognized for their specialized training.
3. Certification Renewals:
1,000 fee waivers are available
How it works:
- Must be a Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist.
- Must be eligible for renewal prior to September 30, 2025.
- Individuals with expired certifications may qualify.
- Individuals request the fee waiver directly through their certification application by clicking the request option on their application.
Fee waivers are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis until September 15 or until all waivers are depleted, whichever comes first.
Waivers are non-transferable.
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