— Continuing California’s work to expand and modernize its behavioral health system, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Homeboy Industries, and community partners today broke ground on Home of the Angels, a new campus in Los Angeles supported by California’s voter-approved Behavioral Health Infrastructure Bond Act and DHCS’ Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP).
Home of the Angels campus groundbreaking
The project was awarded nearly $25 million in Bond
BHCIP Round 1: Launch Ready funding, significantly expanding residential, outpatient, and peer-based support for individuals seeking substance use disorder treatment, particularly those who are formerly incarcerated, returning from the justice system, and part of the Homeboy Industries community.
When completed, the Home of the Angels campus will include:
- A 50-bed adult residential substance use disorder treatment facility.
- 10 peer respite beds, providing short-term, non-clinical, home-like support from trained peers with lived experience.
- 40 outpatient slots for substance use disorder treatment.
The campus brings together residential treatment, peer respite, and outpatient services in one integrated setting, allowing participants to move seamlessly through each level of care as their needs evolve. The project also introduces licensed residential treatment on a Homeboy Industries campus for the first time—an important innovation that strengthens continuity of care, reduces reliance on outside referrals, and expands the organization’s comprehensive and compassionate reentry‑focused support system.
“Home of the Angels reflects the community-rooted solutions that the Newsom Administration is advancing, bringing treatment and recovery services under one roof and closer to the people who need them,” said DHCS Director Michelle Baass. “This investment expands access to care for Californians returning home from the justice system, supporting dignity, stability, and long-term recovery.”
WHY THIS MATTERS: Founded in Los Angeles,
Homeboy Industries is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization supporting formerly incarcerated and formerly gang-involved individuals. Its trauma-informed, culturally responsive services include behavioral health supports, substance use disorder treatment, case management, and reentry-focused wraparound services rooted in healing and community connection.
- Creating community-based treatment capacity.
- Improving “warm handoffs” to residential, peer respite, and outpatient care following release.
- Supporting stabilization during the critical reentry period when risks of relapse and overdose are highest.
- Aligning Medi-Cal-covered care with local partners to reduce service gaps during transition.
“Healing happens when people are received with tenderness and held in community,” said Father Greg Boyle, Founder of Homeboy Industries. “Home of the Angels reflects what we have always believed at Homeboy Industries: that people heal when they are seen, cherished, and given a place to belong. By creating spaces rooted in love and dignity, we make room for restoration, hope, and new beginnings.”
BIG PICTURE: Bond BHCIP is a statewide initiative administered by DHCS that helps communities build, acquire, and expand treatment facilities, filling in longstanding gaps in crisis, residential, and outpatient behavioral health care facilities. Proposition 1 has funded 177 projects across 333 facilities, supporting 6,919 new residential and inpatient beds and 27,561 outpatient treatment slots, surpassing statewide goals just two years after passage. Since 2021, BHCIP has awarded $5.8 billion to strengthen crisis, residential, and outpatient care across the state.
Backed by significant statewide investments, new policies, and strong community partnerships, California is building a comprehensive and equitable continuum of behavioral health care that ensures people can access prevention, crisis support, treatment, and long term recovery services when and where they need them.
BIGGER PICTURE: California’s investment in Home of the Angels is part of the broader transformation underway through Proposition 1 and Governor Gavin Newsom’s
Mental Health for All strategy. Earlier this month, the Governor
announced the redevelopment of six vacant state owned buildings into the new Los Angeles County Care Community, supported by a $65 million Proposition 1 investment to create 162 new housing and treatment beds. This project, alongside BHCIP funded efforts like Home of the Angels, reflects the Administration’s comprehensive work to expand access to behavioral health care, increase treatment capacity, and help Californians experiencing serious mental illness, substance use disorders, or homelessness get the care and stability they need.