California’s Department of State Hospitals’ (DSH) Incompetent to
Stand Trial Diversion and Community Based Restoration
Infrastructure Project provides $468.8 million in one-time grant
funding to California counties to build, acquire, or develop
residential housing settings for people who have been deemed
incompetent to stand trial (IST). The focus of this project is to
provide intensive treatment and wraparound services in a
community-based, home-like setting in support of the Department’s
Felony Mental Health Diversion Program and Community Based
Restoration Program.
CSAC is pleased to share that DSH recently announced that they
along with their partners Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
(AHP) have launched a new website for the
IST Infrastructure Project for the development of 5,000
residential beds. The website now has the Request for Proposal
(RFP) available and will include additional resources and
features coming soon. Additionally, DSH and AHP will be hosting
another informational webinar on March 1, 2023 to review the RFP
process in more detail. Please visit the website if you have any
questions and to access the RFP:
https://buildingcaldsh.com/.
Applications for grant funding are accepted on a rolling basis
through June 30, 2024.
