Behavioral Health Reintegration (BHR)
Behavioral Health Reintegration (BHR) is a first line resource of clinical case management services designed to assist parolees with their successful reintegration back into the community. Located in the parole offices, BHR is staffed with psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers who have the unique understanding that, while in prison, inmates have their core basic needs provided for them. Once paroled, these individuals are responsible for navigating their own resources in obtaining food, clothing, shelter, and medical/mental health care. Without focused transitional re-entry support, the daily stress from these new realities can contribute to the triggering of symptoms, increase risk of substance use and criminogenic behaviors. BHR clinicians understand that providing effective clinical and case management interventions in the community, versus in a controlled environment, necessitates a broader psychosocial approach accounting for the fluctuation of symptom, functional abilities, need acuity, readiness to change and service availability. Parolees require individualized assessments and functional treatment plans to address the dynamic needs and obstacles that post incarceration life presents.
BHR services focus on establishing detailed and individualized assessment of parolee needs while establishing short term and long-term plans to meet identified goals and objectives. Establishing sustainable long-term community-based services and resources that will sustain once discharged from parole supervision is the overarching goal. BHR clinicians are continuously available to provide brief clinical intervention as well as group and family systems support services.
Methods of services BHR provides include, but are not limited to, evaluation of mental illness and substance use, on-going assessment of symptom severity and intervention, , medication management, Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT), brief individual therapy, group therapy, crisis intervention, case management support and field-based services designed to engage higher need clients in the community.
Medical Records Requests:
For records related to Mental Health Services provided to supervised persons, please submit a completed Authorization for Release of Protected Health Information CDCR 7385 using one of
the following methods, listed in order of preference:
Email (preferred for fastest processing – all regions):
Send the Release of Information (ROI) to: m_BHRRecordRequests@cdcr.ca.gov.
Note: This e-mail address is for medical records requests only.
Fax (all regions):
(279) 223-7909
Mail (choose the appropriate regional address):
1. Division of Adult Parole Headquarters – Northern Region
Attention: HQ-BHR
9838 Old Placerville Road Suite B
Sacramento, CA 98527
2. Division of Adult Parole Headquarters – Southern Region
Attention: HQ-BHR
21015 Pathfinder Rd. Ste. 200
Diamond Bar, Ca 91765
Coordination of Care Contacts
For all inquiries regarding coordination and/or continuity of care (CARE Act Coordination, OMHD Coordination, and/or Pre-Release Coordination) for supervised persons, please send an e-mail to:
m_bhrcarecoordination@cdcr.ca.gov