Los Angeles County Selects Hazel Health For Free Virtual K-12 Mental Health

The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), in partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) and two Medi-Cal managed care plans (MCPs) in the county, contracted with Hazel Health to provide school-based telehealth mental health services at no cost to families or local educational agencies (LEAs) through 2024. The Hazel Health services are funded through the state’s Student Behavioral Health Incentive Program that awards funding to Medi-Cal (California’s Medicaid program) managed care plans (MCPs) for projects to broadly improve student behavioral health. Currently, the county’s MCPs, L.A. Care . . .