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2024-25 Wellness Coach Scholarship Program

Grantor:
Department of Health Care Access and Information
Portal ID:
60954
Status:
Active
Opportunity Type:
  • Loan
Last Updated:
Categories:

Details

Purpose:

The Wellness Coach Scholarship Program’s goal is to educate and train students to serve as Certified Wellness Coaches (CWC) in California.

 

 

Description:

WCSP provides scholarships to students in associate or bachelor’s degree programs that qualify them for Wellness
Coach Certification through the education pathway in exchange for a 12-month service obligation providing CWC services in California. Eligible applicants may receive up to $35,000. The purpose of this program is to increase the number of CWCs providing direct services in California. The Wellness Coach profession is a new, certified position to increase our state’s overall capacity to support the growing behavioral health needs of our youth. It 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, and crisis referral. The model will supplement and support existing behavioral health roles, fill gaps in the current behavioral health workforce, and create a larger and more diverse workforce with whom youth can connect.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Individual

Start program by September 30, 2024, be enrolled in a minimum of six-semester units until program completion, be enrolled in a degree program that would qualify the applicant for Wellness Coach certification through the education pathway, have a GPA of 2.0 or greater and maintain until program completion, graduate after proposed agreement start date, not be in breach or have existing service obligations, commit to providing direct patient care.

 

 

Eligible Geographies:

Grantees must fulfill their service obligations as a Certified Wellness Coach in settings that support the behavioral health needs of children and youth aged 0-25.

Important Dates

The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker. Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight.
The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
July 2024
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
1 month

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$50,000,000
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No
The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State
The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Advance(s)

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
Behavioral Health Program, 1-916-326-3700, bhprograms@hcai.ca.gov

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