The Ballmer Group awarded $77 million to two California State University campuses to expand mental-health workforce capacity in the Los Angeles area. The largest grant—$48 million to Cal State LA—will train more than 1,000 new counselors and social workers, including doubling capacity for Cal State LA’s one-year master of social work and school-based family counseling programs. A $29 million gift to California State University, Dominguez Hills, will support “Toros Heal L.A.,” designed to build a culturally responsive, community-rooted mental health workforce in South LA. CSUDH’s plans include scholarships, licensure preparation, and emergency aid for students in community and mental health training tracks. Campus leadership said the Cal State LA funding marks the largest gift in the institution’s history and the sixth largest in CSU history, with scholarships forming the bulk of support. CSUDH leaders framed the initiative as a pipeline to local service placements. The investment arrives as student demand for mental health services continues to outstrip provider capacity, and it directly increases CSU’s clinical and community placement throughput for the region’s youth mental health needs.