Advancing Client and Community Empowerment Through Sustainable Solutions
ACCESS California is a statewide consumer-led public behavioral health advocacy program of Cal Voices.
​Clients/Consumers in California’s Public Behavioral Health System (PBHS) face unprecedented challenges to meaningful advocacy and involvement in behavioral health policy decisions due to sweeping legislative changes and shifts in statewide policy priorities. These changes impact service delivery, access, nature, focus, providers, and long-term outcomes for service recipients. ​​​
ACCESS California is committed to empowering client voices statewide. We implement strategies to enhance participation, identify needs, and drive transformative change in the Public Behavioral Health System. Our vision is a collaborative system where programming and funding decisions evolve through ongoing partnerships among agency leaders, clients, and community stakeholders.
What We Do
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Local Advocacy
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Statewide Advocacy
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Research
ACCESS California Does Not Provide Direct Mental Health Services or Referrals
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Public Policy
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Education
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Engagement
Upcoming Events
SAVE THE DATE
ACCESS Statewide Annual Conference
February 27, 2027 | 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
The Center at 2300
2300 Sierra Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95825
Quarterly Policy Webinars
Join the Cal Voices' Policy Director each quarter to hear about policies impacting the peer support specialist workforce and/or the public behavioral health system. We post all policy webinars on the Cal Voices YouTube channel.
10/22/26 | 10:00 am to 11:30 am on Zoom​
Quarterly Trainings
Each quarter, the ACCESS California Team schedules a peer support learning training with professionals and experts from the field. These trainings provide peer support specialists with expanded learning and skill development.
Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD) Readiness Training (training by Painted Brain)
11/17/2026 | 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Registration is required
ACCESS California Podcast
Season 3, Episode 6: Why Lived Experience Belongs in Policy with Don Morrison, Peer Services Program Manager at Youth for Change/Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health,
Season 3, Episode 7 | What Recovery Actually Looks Like (Not the Instagram Version) with Gustavo Ayala, Deputy Director of Sustainable Wellness Solutions
Contact Us
720 Howe Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95825
Monday thorough Friday | 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
(916) 573-0522
ACCESS California is a program of Cal Voices funded by the Behavioral Health Services Act and administered by the Commission for Behavioral Health