HCAI MBH-CBPTP 2026 Cycle Closed April 30 — FQHCs Missing the Window Now Wait Until 2027

California HCAI's Medi-Cal Behavioral Health Community-Based Provider Training Program (MBH-CBPTP) 2026 application window closed April 30, 2026, 3:00 PM PT. CBPTP funds FQHC-based clinical supervision and field placement infrastructure for BH trainees — the pipeline that turns AMFTs/ASWs/APCCs into licensed LCSW/LMFT/LPCC clinicians. FQHCs that missed the cycle now compete in an even tighter labor market for already-licensed staff through 2027. Strategic implication: while MBH-CBPTP is closed, the parallel MBH-RRP (June 1 → July 15) and MBH-SLRP (May 29 deadline — 19 days from today) windows remain open. CHROs should: (1) pivot immediately to MBH-SLRP for BH staff with student loans; (2) frontload MBH-RRP application prep starting now; (3) build a 2027 MBH-CBPTP application calendar entry and start 2027 trainee pipeline scoping in Q3 2026 (FQHCs that win 2027 funding need an active trainee-supervision program identified by Q4 2026).