Aurrera Health partners with states, counties, providers, health plans, and foundations to strengthen access to high-quality, integrated care for individuals with mental health and substance use needs. Our team combines Medicaid policy expertise with practical implementation support, stakeholder engagement, and project management. We specialize in California behavioral health policy, improving collaboration across stakeholders, and helping our clients translate state and federal policies into effective local programs. Our approach seeks to bridge physical health, behavioral health, housing, and other social supports to build more coordinated, person-centered systems of care. This work dovetails with our Whole Person Health and Opioid Treatment Policy portfolio.
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Californians, like the rest of the country, are facing significant mental health challenges in the aftermath of the pandemic. The need for new and enhanced behavioral health supports and interventions has come into strong focus in recent years and states are leveraging their Medicaid programs to respond.
Thanks to tireless advocacy combined with impressive outcomes data, funding was allocated in the California state budget to support the continuation of the program. This is a prime example of how initial federal investments can ultimately lead to long-term sustainability of successful programs.
When Aurrera Health launched the ACEs Aware initiative on behalf of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) in late 2019, we knew we were on the forefront of change.
States are leveraging American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to support a multi-faceted policy approach to strengthening state health care infrastructure and the health workforce.
The health care system is moving toward acknowledging substance use disorders (SUD) as chronic illnesses, yet only about 10% of people with an SUD in the last year received treatment.
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