The Chancellor’s Office is committed to helping reduce gaps in mental health services for California Community College (CCC) students by improving statewide support, technical assistance and coordination between the Chancellor’s Office, the CCCs, California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) and external stakeholders.

In October, 2011, the CalMHSA awarded a $6.9 million grant to the California Community College Student Mental Health Program (CCC SMHP) to be used over a three-year period for faculty and staff training on student mental health issues, suicide prevention and peer-to-peer services. The CCC SMHP is a partnership between the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) and the Foundation for Community Colleges (FCCC). An interdisciplinary advisory group, named the Chancellor’s Office Advisory Group on Student Mental Health (COAGSMH) has been established to provide guidance and input on the CCC SMHP.

Title	Description	Release  Date*	Due  Date	Down- load
Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) RFP	This RFP is designed to solicit proposals for the provision of training and technical assistance (TTA) services to all of the 112 colleges of the California Community College (CCC) system. This is a $1.47 million, multi-year contract which will serve as a major component of the overall California Community Colleges Student Mental Health Program (CCC SMHP) initiated through a partnership between the CCCCO and the FCCC.	1/24/12	2/24/12	PDF
Suicide Prevention Training (SPT) For Faculty and Staff RFP	The CCC SHMP will provide online suicide prevention training for all interested faculty and staff using evidence-based programs that have been developed specifically for use by colleges and universities. Though a separately contracted service, it is expected that the TTA contractor will coordinate and cooperate as needed with the online suicide prevention training contractor to ensure compatibility of training services provided under the TTA contract.	2/10/2012	3/9/12	PDF
Campus Based Grants (CBG) RFA	The CCC SHMP will fund the implementation of multiple campus-based grants of up to $255,000 to each college for 3 years to support activities at the campus level. It is expected that campus services will be evidence-based, build campus and community capacity, leverage resources and be sustainable once the grant funding has ended. Contract recipients are required to include across the lifespan approaches, address issues of stigma and discrimination, suicide prevention and reflect principles of cultural and linguistic competence. Contract recipients will also be required to partner with local stakeholders, including any nearby UC and CSU campuses and county mental health.	3/2012	TBA	PDF
Evaluation RFA	The CCC SHMP will implement a comprehensive data collection, outcomes-based program designed with specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound objectives.	4/2012	TBA	PDF

* Release dates are proposed dates and may be subject to change by the CCC SMHP office.