Projects

The Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention project is a Consortium of Schools that seek to build, implement, and evaluate evidence-based practices that increase awareness of the risk factors associated with mental illness, challenges that prevent children and families from accessing services, and negative impacts when mental health needs are not met or inadequately met (e.g., substance use, school failure and dropout, poverty, homelessness, incarceration, suicide). Early detection combined with appropriate treatment changes a child’s trajectory from severe mental illness to one of wellness and full participation in school and community life (e.g., participation in workforce, successful relationships, and prolong social and economic prosperity).

Cal-HOSA is aligned with the HOSA Competitive Events program following HOSA’s guidelines for all competitive events offered through California’s Competitive Event (CE) program.

The CE program provides members the opportunity to showcase their skills, knowledge, and leadership abilities in over 36 different healthcare related events and six recognition events. The CE program recognizes members for their excellence in competition on the state and international level. The top three competitors/teams from events in California qualify to compete at HOSA’s ILC.