Yesterday, Governor Newsom
announced $480.5 million in awards for 54 projects across
California to improve California’s behavioral health
infrastructure for children and youth. These funds will be used
to construct new facilities and expand existing facilities that
help children, youth, transition-age youth, and perinatal
individuals with a behavioral health and/or substance use
disorder.
Sixteen of the 54 projects awarded funding are county projects.
Additional information on this round of awardees is available on
the BHCIP
Data Dashboard.
These awards represent the fourth of six rounds of funding
through the Behavioral
Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP). In 2021,
DHCS was authorized to establish BHCIP and award $2.1 billion to
construct, acquire, and expand properties and invest in mobile
crisis infrastructure related to behavioral health. Projects
awarded grants in this round of BHCIP will increase care and
capacity with community wellness centers, outpatient treatment
for substance use disorders, school-linked health centers, and
outpatient community mental health clinics.
