Youth Behavioral Health
CIBHS transforms youth behavioral health outcomes by empowering the systems and providers that serve children and transition-age youth with evidence-based tools and equity-centered strategies.
Advancing Youth Behavioral Health Systems
CIBHS advances youth behavioral health across California and beyond by strengthening systems, workforce capacity, and community partnerships through evidence-based training, targeted technical assistance, and equity-centered, community-driven approaches. This work emphasizes prevention, early support, and culturally responsive care to improve outcomes for children, adolescents, and transition-age youth across the continuum of care.
We do this by advancing several interconnected strategies:
Training and Workforce Development
We deliver evidence-based and community-defined training that equips behavioral health professionals, educators, peers, and community providers with the skills to support youth mental health, substance use prevention and treatment, trauma-informed care, and culturally responsive engagement—particularly for youth facing systemic barriers.
Equity-Centered, Community-Driven Approaches
CIBHS grounds health equity into everything we do to ensure that youth services reflect local culture, lived experience, and community strengths, especially for historically underserved and marginalized youth.
Focus on Prevention, Wellness & Early Support
We emphasize prevention, resilience-building, and early identification to strengthen youth well-being across the full continuum of care.
Technical Assistance & Capacity Building
We identify critical gaps in programs and services to improve the behavioral health of individuals and communities.