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Behavioral Health
Education, Training
Certified Wellness Coach
HCAI
$0 to $49,000
Students in Associate or Bachelor’s degree programs
April 9, 2024
May 24, 2024
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Wellness Coach Scholarship Program (WCSP)
Grant Description:
Wellness Coach Scholarship Program (WCSP)
The WCSP goal is to educate and train students to serve as Certified Wellness Coaches (CWC) in California. The Wellness Coach role 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 youth behavioral health and well-being, such as 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.
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.
An informational webinar will be held on April 18, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. This webinar will include information regarding eligibility and how to apply. For more information, visit Wellness Coach Scholarship Program.
Resources
2024-25 Wellness Coach Scholarship Program Grant Guide
2024-25 Wellness Coach Scholarship Program Technical Assistance Guide
Wellness Coach Certification:
The Wellness Coach Certification process is open. The Certification website and information on certification requirements are available at https://cawellnesscoach.org/.