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Painted Brain creates lasting, community-based solutions to mental health challenges and the impact of social injustice through arts, advocacy, and enterprise.

Painted Brain is an innovative peer-run mental health arts and tech organization that uses a peer model focused on recovery. Painted Brain defines a peer employee as any person with lived mental health challenges and or trauma including but not limited to: social injustice, interpersonal violence, societal exclusion. Painted Brain considers all of its’s employees as peers, where there is no separation from community members to clinicians to executives; all identify with having mental health challenges.

10/30/2026

What makes peer support work, and how can we ensure peers are effectively integrated across California’s behavioral health system?

Join us on November 2 from 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. for The Foundation of Peer Support: Where It Started, Why It Works, and the Path Forward.

Experts in the field will explore:
🔹 The history and foundations of the peer support movement.
🔹 The evidence behind peer support and its demonstrated value.
🔹 Best practices for effectively integrating and utilizing peer services.
🔹 The path forward for strengthening peer support across California.

Whether you’re shaping policy, funding programs, managing services, or working alongside peers, this conversation is for you.

📅 November 2 | 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
🔗 Register Here (https://na2.hubs.ly/H08KM1R0)

10/29/2026

Ever wondered what a day in the life of a Peer Support Specialist actually looks like? 👀✨

We’re excited to launch our Day in the Life series, starting with Maggie as she navigates a busy workday during Painted Brain’s Halloween takeover at the community center. 🎃🎨

If you’re passionate about mental health advocacy and want to support others through shared experience, you can become a Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist too! Our interactive training prepares you for certification and meaningful work in community care.🧠

Sign Up Today! https://na2.hubs.ly/H08JYt30

Next Training Cohort:
Jan 5 – Feb 9th | Mon, Tue, Wed | 9:30am–3:30pm Via Zoom

10/26/2026

Hear from our training partners at Janus of Santa Cruz! ❤️

We are so grateful to walk alongside Janus of Santa Cruz as their exclusive training partner. Seeing their team thrive, from classroom learning to peer leadership, means the world to us. Many of our former students have grown into incredible leaders, including Frederick Stanley, a Peer Support Supervisor at Janus of Santa Cruz. He credits the program with providing high-caliber instruction, hands-on preparation for difficult client scenarios, and the confidence needed to excel on the state certification exam.

Partner with us to equip your team with the tools to deliver empathetic, culturally responsive care:

✅ CalMHSA-Approved: Enroll your staff, host, or sponsor a cohort in our 80-hour Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Training.
✅ Accessible Pathways: Remove financial barriers for your team with full scholarships and dedicated career pathway support.

🤝 Reach out today: Email [email protected] to explore organizational partnerships and empower your workforce!

10/23/2026

New dates have been added for the new year—now is the time to launch your career! Earn your Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification and start building your future in behavioral health. Sign up today!

Our CalMHSA-approved, 80-hour training equips you to turn lived experience into a powerful foundation for healing. Whether you’re starting a new career, leveling up your skills, or ready to uplift your community, earn a state-recognized certification that creates real impact.

✨ For Future Peers: Be the support you once needed, transform your story into action, and build a meaningful career rooted in empathy and advocacy.

🤝 For Partners: Team up with Painted Brain to sponsor or host a training and bring trusted, peer-led care to your organization.

Learn more and Apply: https://na2.hubs.ly/H08BhSW0

10/22/2026

Community is at the heart of everything we do, and we would love for you to be a part of it! 🌟

Whether you’re teaching what you love or assisting at our monthly food bank, volunteering with us is a great way to connect, give back, and support those around you.

🔗 Submit your volunteer application today: https://na2.hubs.ly/H08yVRW0

10/21/2026

Did you know peer support offers real-world coping tools, practical recovery planning, and a deep sense of community that formal care can sometimes miss? 💡

As part of our Peer Support 101 series, we’re diving into the benefits of peer support and how shared experience transforms recovery.

If you’re inspired to turn your own journey into a career, you can apply today for Painted Brain’s state-recognized, 80-Hour Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Training! 💼✨

See upcoming training cohorts below! Apply here: https://na2.hubs.ly/H08xGQk0

- November 17 - December 9, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM | TWTH

-* NEW: January 5 - February 9, 2027 | 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM | MTW

-* NEW: January 12 - February 2, 2027 | 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM | TWTH

Want to learn more about Peer Support? You can read more of our series on our resource hub: https://na2.hubs.ly/H08xGTl0

10/20/2026

New drop coming soon… paintedpath.co

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10/19/2026

Interested in a career in Mental Health? Finish this year strong and set yourself up for a whole new career in 2027! Join us for our Painted Brain Open House, where you will discover everything about becoming a Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist🌟

📅 Date: Monday, November 2
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
📍 Virtual Event on Zoom
🔗 Register here: https://na2.hubs.ly/H08t9rj0

Passionate about community support? Ready to create meaningful change? Looking for a purpose-driven career? Imagine turning your personal experiences into a powerful career.
✓ 100% Scholarship for qualified CA Applicants
✓ Professional Career Pathway and placement support
✓ No Previous Experience Required
✓ Language Support Available
✓ Learn Remotely
✓ Testing & Resume Writing Support Available

Why wait for January to make a change? Take the first step today.

Your journey of transformation starts here. No cost. No barriers. Just opportunity. Let’s break barriers in mental health together! 💛🧠

10/16/2026

We’re down to one cohort with spots open in 2026! Now’s your time to earn your Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification before the year ends!💼🧠

Our CalMHSA-approved, 80-hour training equips you to turn lived experience into a powerful foundation for healing. Whether you’re starting a new career, leveling up your skills, or ready to uplift your community, earn a state-recognized certification that creates real impact.

✨ For Future Peers: Be the support you once needed, transform your story into action, and build a meaningful career rooted in empathy and advocacy.

🤝 For Partners: Team up with Painted Brain to sponsor or host a training and bring trusted, peer-led care to your organization.

Click our linktree (first link in our bio) to learn more and sign up!

10/15/2026

Happy Global Peer Support Celebration Day! 🧠 Today, October 15, we’re honoring the power of lived experience.

At Painted Brain, we know firsthand that connection, mutual empathy, and shared recovery can change lives. As a peer-run organization, our Peer Support Specialists draw from their own journeys through mental health, substance use, and trauma to walk alongside others—dismantling stigma and building hope from the ground up.

➡️ Click through to hear from our peer support specialists on what peer support has taught them, and check out the last slide to see how it shapes our work every day!

💼 Ready to turn your own journey into a career? Join our Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist training program: https://na2.hubs.ly/H08p-Cv0

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3350 W 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA
90004

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 4pm
Tuesday	1:30pm - 2:30pm
Wednesday	12pm - 4pm
Thursday	12pm - 2pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	12:30pm - 6:30pm

Telephone

+12132893578

Website

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