Wellness Coach Scholarship Program (WCSP)
The California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) offers scholarships for students in associate or bachelor's degree programs that qualify them for Wellness Coach Certification in exchange for a 12 month service obligation providing services in California.
The Wellness Coach profession is a new, certified position to increase California's overall capacity to support the behavioral health needs of youth. The program is designed to help build a larger and more diverse and representative behavioral health workforce in California that has the training and supervision needed to engage directly with young people where they live, study and work.
Wellness Coaches will offer non-clinical services that support children and youth behavioral health and well-being. Services include:
- Wellness promotion and education
- Screening
- Care coordination
- Individual and group support
- Crisis referral
Eligibility requirements:
- Start education program by January 31, 2025
- Must graduate on or after April 1, 2025
- Be enrolled in a minimum of 6 semester units, or its equivalent, until program completion
- Be enrolled in a degree program that would qualify
the applicant for Wellness Coach Certification through
the education pathway, including:
- Addiction studies
- Human services
- Social work
- Have a GPA of 2.0 or greater for most recent academic performance
- Maintain a GPA of 2.0 or greater until program completion
- Not have any other service obligations
- Not in breach of any other HCAI service obligation
- Be physically present (live in) in California while attending courses
- Attend an educational institution within the state of California (online and/or in- person)
Eligible service obligation settings include, but are not
limited to:
(A more exhaustive list is provided in the
application instructions.)
- Rural healthcare centers
- Tribal communities
- Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
- FQHC Look-Alikes
- Native American Health Centers
- Local Education Agencies
Up to $35,000 in exchange for a 12 month service obligation.
Links to additional guidance, application instructions, and the online application is available on the program website.
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