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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES


Behavioral Health Transformation

DHCS took a step forward to modernize the state’s behavioral health delivery system. Behavioral Health Transformation (BHT) will improve access to care, increase transparency, and expand treatment facilities for Californians in need. BHT is supported by the passage of Proposition 1, which includes up to $6.4 billion in bonds to build 11,150 new behavioral health treatment beds and supportive housing, as well as outpatient capacity to help serve tens of thousands of people annually – from intensive services for people experiencing homelessness who also have severe mental illness, to counseling for children with depression, and everyone in between.


BHCIP Round 1: Launch Ready RFA Released

DHCS released a Request for Applications (RFA) for up to $3.3 billion in Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Round 1: Launch Ready funds. These competitive grants will transform behavioral health services for Californians by expanding service capacity and addressing gaps in the behavioral health continuum of care. BHCIP funds the construction, acquisition, and expansion of facilities, and invests in mobile crisis infrastructure. Proposition 1, passed in March 2024, expanded BHCIP, enabling DHCS to award up to $4.4 billion to enhance California’s behavioral health treatment resources. Bond BHCIP Round 1: Launch Ready will make available up to $3.3 billion to construct, acquire, and rehabilitate real estate assets to expand behavioral health treatment and service resources for Californians.




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