{"id":59,"date":"2024-05-19T02:11:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T02:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/behavioral-health\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:43:28","slug":"assessment-referral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/behavioral-health\/assessment-referral\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment &amp; Referral"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"59\" class=\"elementor elementor-59\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c2d461f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c2d461f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29cb91b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29cb91b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related links<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-053eb6e elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-404 elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"053eb6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/behavioral-health\/call-now\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Call 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 role=\"heading\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\">Assessment &amp; Referral<\/h2><h3 role=\"heading\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\">Access to Care<\/h3><p>Ventura County Behavioral Health provides services for Medi-Cal, underinsured, or uninsured individuals, including children, youth, families, adults, and older adults, for prevention, early intervention, and treatment of mental illness and\/or substance use conditions. Treating the whole person to achieve wellness and recovery. Providing integrated and culturally sensitive services.<\/p><p>If you are seeking care for yourself, a loved one, or someone you know, our VCBH Team will walk you through the initial steps to support with appropriate linkage to services. They will offer information regarding behavioral health treatment options that are available in our county and provide a brief screening to determine appropriate level of care.<\/p><p>Individuals that meet the criteria for specialty mental health services will be referred to one of our VCBH outpatient clinics.<\/p><p>If it is determined through the initial screening that non specialty mental health services are indicated, referrals are given to your Managed Care Plan (MCP) provider or community programs.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-size: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-size );text-align: var(--text-align)\"><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text )\">To access mental health or substance use services, please call the VCBH Access\/Crisis Line:<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );text-align: var(--text-align);font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-size: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-size )\"><strong><a href=\"tel:1-866-998-2243\" aria-label=\"call 1-866-998-2243\" data-uw-rm-vglnk=\"\">1-866-998-2243<\/a><\/strong><\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );text-align: var(--text-align);font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-size: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-size );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight )\">For additional information, please learn more about the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"text-align: var(--text-align);font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-size: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-size );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight )\" href=\"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/behavioral-health\/client-resources\/\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"DMC-ODS Waiver. - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.vcbh.org\/en\/information-resources\/client-resources\">DMC-ODS Waiver.<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/behavioral-health\/client-resources\/\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"DMC-ODS Waiver. - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.vcbh.org\/en\/information-resources\/client-resources\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p><h3 role=\"heading\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\">Provider Referrals for Specialty Mental Health Services<\/h3><ul role=\"list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/651c1f6e82fcba32817a28f8_CA_53_Referral_to_the_VCBH_MH_Services_Post_Residential_Facility_Form_9-22-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Post Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital, Crisis Stabilization Unit, or Crisis Residential Facility - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-pdf-br=\"1\" data-uw-pdf-doc=\"\">Post Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital, Crisis Stabilization Unit, or Crisis Residential Facility<br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/><\/a>(to view this document, please download the file to your computer and open it in Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat \u2013 do not open it in your internet browser)<br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/><br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/06\/657afb0f3389e5d79efa7104_CA_53_Referral_Form_10-30-23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Referral Form for VCBH Services - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-pdf-br=\"1\" data-uw-pdf-doc=\"\">Referral Form for VCBH Services<br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/><\/a>(to view this document, please download the file to your computer and open it in Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat \u2013 do not open it in your internet browser)<\/li><\/ul><p>For use in referring individuals with significant mental health impairments\/risk of significant mental health deterioration.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhcs.ca.gov\/Documents\/BHIN-21-073-Criteria-for-Beneficiary-to-Specialty-MHS-Medical-Necessity-and-Other-Coverage-Req.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Additional eligibility criteria available here, per the California Department of Health Care Services. - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-pdf-br=\"1\" data-uw-pdf-doc=\"\">Additional eligibility criteria available here, per the California Department of Health Care Services.<br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/><br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p><h3 role=\"heading\" data-uw-rm-heading=\"level\">Presumptive Transfers<\/h3><p>For information and services related to AB 1299 Presumptive Transfer of Medi-Cal for Specialty Mental Health Services for foster children, or to provide presumptive transfer notifications, please contact the Behavioral Health Care Management program at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:VCBHCareManagement@ventura.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VCBHCareManagement@ventura.org.<\/a><\/p><ul role=\"list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdss.ca.gov\/inforesources\/foster-care\/presumptive-transfer\/county-points-of-contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"County Points of Contact (ca.gov) - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cdss.ca.gov\/inforesources\/foster-care\/presumptive-transfer\/county-points-of-contact\">County Points of Contact (ca.gov)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdss.ca.gov\/Portals\/9\/ISU\/Presumptive%20Transfer\/Presumptive%20Transfer%20Document%2002-22-2019%20FINAL.pdf?ver=2019-02-22-105909-390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Presumptive Transfer Information Guide 2019 (ca.gov) - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-pdf-br=\"1\" data-uw-pdf-doc=\"\">Presumptive Transfer Information Guide 2019 (ca.gov)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><figure class=\"w-richtext-align-fullwidth w-richtext-figure-type-image\"><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hca.venturacounty.gov\/behavioral-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/62fad95631855fdecd668009_62ed533337620c9eeed9cd27_sect2a-assessment-center.jpeg\" alt=\"Image\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Image\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/div><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assessment &amp; Referral Access to Care Ventura County Behavioral Health provides services for Medi-Cal, underinsured, or uninsured individuals, including children, youth, families, adults, and older adults, for prevention, early intervention, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.7 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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