Vision 2030 will bring critical data and research to California’s most pressing challenge SACRAMENTO (November 15, 2023) – Today the Steinberg Institute announced a organizational expansion and commitment toward the goal of ending the mental health and […]
October 18, 2023 Steinberg Institute CEO Karen Larsen testified before the Select Committee on Mental Health and Addiction Wednesday, urging lawmakers to hold health insurance companies accountable and demand more thorough state investigation into their compliance with […]
October 13, 2023 The Kennedy Forum and the Steinberg Institute are thrilled to see record parity enforcement by California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), representing an essential step towards ensuring compliance with California and federal parity […]
On May 2, 2023, Steinberg Institute CEO Karen Larsen was invited to provide testimony to the California Assembly Select Committee on California’s Mental Health Crisis. Greetings. I am proud to have worked in the Mental Health and […]
CALIFORNIA — Steinberg Institute Senior Advocate Tara Gamboa-Eastman joined U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Assemblymember Rebecca-Kahan (D-Orinda), Stephanie Welch, Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health, California Health & Human Services Agency and Lauren Finke of The Kennedy forum for […]
“Talking. Listening. Having conversations like this. Never giving up.” Youth mental health advocate Trayzell White said it best. What gives him hope for the future is what inspired the September 22nd screening for the PBS documentary Hiding […]
You are invited to attend a special screening and panel discussion of a new film presented by Ken Burns – Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness. Thursday, September 22, 2022 5:30-8:30 PM The Sofia, Home of B Street […]
Originally published on Friday, August 19, 2022 in CalMatters. By Darrell Steinberg While the attention surrounding Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court proposal focuses on the decades-long debate over involuntary care, the more profound part of the legislation […]
California’s shortage of behavioral health workers is at critical levels, and the Steinberg Institute is at the forefront of advocating for solutions to this challenge. This year we are sponsoring SB 964, FOCWS-BH: Future of California Workforce […]
The headline says it all. California lawmakers need to pass Assembly Bill 988! On Saturday, July 16 the new 988 number launched nationwide, connecting callers with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Folks in crisis now don’t […]