SCRP

What SCRP does

SCRP (Southern Counties Regional Partnership) is a publicly funded, non-profit collaborative partnership of ten Southern California county behavioral health agencies: Kern, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tri-City, and Ventura. Founded in February 2009 under California's Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), SCRP coordinates regional workforce development for the public mental health system, connecting county behavioral health departments with educational institutions, training providers, consumers, and family members. Its mission is to expand, diversify, and culturally-competently train the regional mental health workforce through shared programs rather than through a unified technology platform.

SCRP delivers its mandate through a portfolio of programs: annual and peer-focused multi-day conferences (with events held in March 2024, March 2025, March 2026, and a new peer conference in May 2026); a Graduate Stipend Program that has awarded over 200 educational stipends to students training in county-run or county-contracted agencies; a Loan Repayment Program for professionals in high-need positions; Cultural Competencies and Core Competencies training projects delivered in partnership with USC and UCLA (targeting 2,050 clinical staff over five years); Peer Employment Support; Pipeline outreach programs for high school and undergraduate students; and a College & University Majors Database cataloging regional mental health degree pathways. A formal MOU approved by all Boards of Supervisors and County Counsels governs participation.

SCRP has no commercial revenue model, charges no fees, and does not develop proprietary technology. All activities are funded through California's MHSA under the Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development (OSHPD). Distribution is direct-to-government, delivered through county partner networks and in-person conferences, with the website (scrpcalifornia.org) serving as the primary information portal. Customer concentration is entirely within the public county behavioral health sector across a fixed ten-county geography.

Name

SCRP

Legal name

Southern Counties Regional Partnership

Website

https://scrpcalifornia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Short description

SCRP is a publicly funded, non-profit collaborative of ten Southern California county behavioral health agencies that coordinates regional mental health workforce development through training programs, conferences, stipends, loan repayment, and academic partnerships with USC and UCLA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Mental Health Workforce Development

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Staff Training, Coaching & Professional Development (SEL/Mental Health) (EDAKAMAL)

Keywords

• Public mental health workforce
• Regional workforce development
• Professional training programs
• Workforce financial assistance
• Behavioral health services

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Others, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Funding: SCRP is funded by the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) under the auspices of the State of California's Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development (OSHPD). The MHSA imposes a 1% income tax on personal income in excess of $1 million and was projected to generate approximately $254 million in fiscal year 2004-05, $683 million in 2005-06.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SCRP is a ten-county regional partnership that coordinates public mental health workforce development across Southern California. It provides training, stipends, loan repayment assistance, peer-employment support, pipeline outreach, and shared workforce resources to county behavioral health agencies, professionals, students, consumers, and family members.

Product overview

SCRP (Southern Counties Regional Partnership) is a collaborative organization representing ten Southern California counties (Kern, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tri-City, and Ventura) focused on expanding the public mental health workforce. The organization operates as a program portfolio rather than a unified software platform. Its offerings include annual regional conferences for behavioral health professionals, workforce development programs with county job listings and training resources, financial incentive programs (graduate stipends and loan repayment), and educational initiatives including a College & University Majors Database. SCRP also manages specialized training projects such as Cultural Competencies and Core Competencies initiatives designed for hiring, interviewing, and performance evaluation. These programs are funded by the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) under California's Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cultural Competencies Project A one-day, 7–8-hour workshop for clinical staff across member counties, divided into four sections covering cultural principles, behavioral indicators, and case application. It is a partnership among four counties and the academic institutions USC and UCLA.
• Core Competencies Project A workforce-development project that creates core competencies for para-professionals and professionals in the mental health field. The competencies are designed for use in hiring, interviewing, and performance reviews across SCRP counties.
• Graduate Stipend Program Educational stipends for students in their final year of training at treatment facilities operated by county-run or county-contracted behavioral health agencies. More than 200 stipends have been awarded.
• Loan Repayment Program Financial assistance for behavioral health professionals in high-need and hard-to-fill positions within the ten SCRP counties, intended to support employment and staff retention.
• Peer Employment Support Peer training stipends and support designed to enhance peer employment within county behavioral health services across SCRP counties.
• Pipeline Programs Outreach and education programs for high school and undergraduate students that provide information and guidance about careers in behavioral health.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 stipends awarded to students in training at county behavioral health facilities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• USC (University of Southern California)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecured a contract with USC to implement a three-year cultural competency training project covering both classroom instruction and actual therapy sessions. This partnership specifically serves the four smaller 'upper' Southern counties (Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Kern), enabling funding leverage for counties that could not afford such programs independently.
• UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in the Cultural Competencies Project alongside USC, collaborating with four Southern California counties (Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Kern) to address ethnic and racial disparities in mental health through cultural competence training for clinical staff.
• Imperial County Behavioral Health ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner with Director Leticia Plancarte-Garcia and Coordinator Patricia Arevalo Caro serving Imperial County's behavioral health workforce development needs.
• Kern Behavioral Health & Recovery ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner with Director Alison Burrowes and Coordinator Liz Bailey serving Kern County's behavioral health workforce development needs.
• Orange County Health Care AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner with Director Dr. Veronica Kelley and Coordinator Teresa Renteria serving Orange County's behavioral health workforce development needs.
• Riverside University Behavioral HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner with Director Matthew Chang and Coordinator Nisha Elliott, LMFT serving Riverside County's behavioral health workforce development needs.
• San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner with Director Georgina Yoshioka and Coordinator Justine Rangel serving San Bernardino County's behavioral health workforce development needs.
• County of San Diego Behavioral Health ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner with Director Luke Bergmann, Ph.D. and Coordinator Nilanie Ramos serving San Diego County's behavioral health workforce development needs.
• County of San Luis Obispo Behavioral HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner with Director Star Graber, PhD and Coordinator Brita Connelly serving San Luis Obispo County's behavioral health workforce development needs.
• Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral WellnesscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner with Director Antonette Navarro, LMFT and Coordinator Carla Cross, LMFT, ART-BC serving Santa Barbara County's behavioral health workforce development needs.
• Tri-City Mental HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner with Director Rimmi Hundal and Coordinator Amanda Colt, MPH CHES serving Tri-City's behavioral health workforce development needs.
• Ventura County Behavioral HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty partner with Director Loretta Denering and Coordinator Angela Riddle serving Ventura County's behavioral health workforce development needs.
• California Statewide Health and Human Services Agency - CalSWECcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCalSWEC Public Mental Health Competencies are featured as a training resource for the SCRP workforce development initiatives.
• California Institute for Mental HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides California Primary Care and Mental Health Integration Initiatives as a training resource for SCRP workforce development programs.
• CiMH (California Institute for Mental Health)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides eLearning Courses including 'California Public Mental Health Systems- a Brief Overview' for SCRP training resources.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA): CalMHSA is a joint powers authority that administers MHSA-funded programs at scale across many California counties. It is a larger, statewide counterpart to SCRP with broader program reach and similar funding lineage.
• National Council for Mental Wellbeing: A national membership and advocacy organization serving community behavioral health organizations with workforce training and policy work that overlaps with SCRP's mission at a much broader scale.
• Behavioral Health Workforce Center (HHS, SAMHSA-funded equivalents): State and federally funded behavioral health workforce initiatives, such as SAMHSA's minority fellowship and workforce programs, operate at scale with similar workforce expansion, stipend, and training goals as SCRP.

Direct peers

• California Institute for Mental Health (CiMH): CiMH provides eLearning and integration initiatives that SCRP references as training resources. It operates in the same California mental health workforce education and training space with overlapping curriculum and audience.
• Central California Regional Partnership: Another regional MHSA-funded behavioral health workforce partnership in California, structurally similar to SCRP with multi-county governance and stipend/loan-forgiveness programming.
• Northern California Regional Partnership: Analogous to SCRP but serving Northern California counties, this is one of the other MHSA-funded regional mental health workforce partnerships operating under the same OSHPD framework as SCRP.
• California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC): CalSWEC is California's statewide effort to recruit, train, and retain social workers, with a public mental health competencies curriculum explicitly used by SCRP. It is the closest functional peer at the state level for behavioral health workforce development.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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