Register: CA Bridge Regional Collaboratives to Advance Access to Addiction Treatment

PHI’s CA Bridge is building a statewide Treatment Access Network to ensure every community in California is ready and able to provide addiction treatment to every person who needs it.

CA Bridge Regional Collaboratives are suited for clinicians, nursing professionals, navigators, CHWs, substance use counselors, social workers and others looking to develop or actively support low-barrier MAT services within their region. Other substance use disorder treatment professionals who refer to, or receive referrals from, low-barrier MAT providers are also welcome.

Sign up to join the CA Bridge Regional Collaboratives and be part of the movement.

Virtual Meetings

Join quarterly virtual meetings to learn about statewide efforts to expand low-barrier treatment access and participate in breakout sessions to connect directly with peers in your region. We invite people from all regions to join each virtual meeting.

Upcoming meeting:

• Virtual Regional Collaborative: June 3, 2025, 9:00 AM PTConnect with regional and statewide leaders in the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment field. Hear from our featured speaker, Marlies Perez, and learn how to influence Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) priorities for your county.

Future meetings

Preregister now for our future virtual Regional Collaboratives. By preregistering for the future virtual Regional Collaboratives, you will receive a meeting link and calendar invite in an email from Zoom as soon as the dates are announced.

• September 2025
• December 2025

Past Meetings:

• March 6, 2025 – View the recording

In Person meetings

CA Bridge is hosting in-person meetings in each region to help establish connected, empowered local networks. These meetings are opportunities for more in-depth networking and collaboration. Register to attend the next upcoming meeting or to receive additional information about future in-person meetings.

Upcoming Meetings:

• June 10 – Central Coast: Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara

Please register to receive information about meetings for the following regions:

• Los Angeles/Ventura: Los Angeles, Ventura
• Inland Empire: Riverside, San Bernardino
• Northern Rural: Alpine, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada,
• Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, Yuba
• Northern CA: East Bay/San Francisco: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, Sonoma
• Northern CA: South Bay: San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz
• Orange County/Long Beach: Orange, Long Beach
• Imperial/San Diego: Imperial, San Diego

What to Expect

We are hosting virtual and in-person meetings to connect interdisciplinary regional leaders to assess the current state of low-barrier medication for addiction treatment (MAT), address critical barriers to treatment expansion, share resources, and build connections between attendees to facilitate linkages to care.

• Address Regional Needs: Work together to understand your region’s unique challenges, share valuable resources, and develop new and equitable approaches to patient care.
• Share Best Practices: Collaborate with community members to establish and expand low-barrier treatment access, reduce recidivism, and improve patient retention.
• Support Sustainability: Learn how to support the long-term success of substance use navigation services through the CA Bridge
• Community Health Worker (CHW) Medi-Cal Billing Program for reimbursement.
• Network with MAT Champions: Build relationships with local MAT leaders and expand your professional network.
• Learn from CA Bridge addiction treatment experts and earn free CEUs.

Originally published by Bridge