Project Care Integrated Behavioral Health Care Services in Kern County, CA
Kern County’s Project Care is serving tens of thousands of patients by bringing behavioral health awareness and treatment to populations of county residents that had not previously considered, understood or otherwise been able to access service through traditional points of entry.
Presenters:
Lily Alvarez is the Kern County Behavioral Health System Administrator.
Christopher Reilly, LMFT is the Chief of Behavioral Health Services for Clinica Sierra Vista, the central valley’s largest network of community health centers.
Darren Urada, PhD, is Principal Investigator and co-investigator on multiple studies on the integration of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) services with primary care and mental health, and the effect of the Affordable Care Act in SYD services.