Proposition 1 Behavioral Health Services Act: How to Use Behavioral Health Services Act/Mental Health Service Act Funds for Housing
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In March 2024, voters passed Proposition 1, a transformation of California’s behavioral health system. The new law includes two parts: the Behavioral Health Services Act and a $6.4 billion Behavioral Health Bond for community infrastructure and housing with services.
Daim ntawv qhia tseeb no muab cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb hais txog nyiaj txiag vaj tsev thiab cov hauv kev ua tau los ntawm Txoj Cai Behavioral Health Services Act/Mental Health Services Act. Cov ncauj lus kom ntxaws ntxiv 1 Txoj Cai Pabcuam Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv Tus Cwj Pwm: Housing Supports Primer (Lub Xya Hli 2024) muaj.
1. Behavioral Health Services Act – Opportunities for Housing
The Behavioral Health Services Act modernizes the Mental Health Services Act, passed by voters in 2004, to address today’s behavioral health system and needs. These reforms expand services to include treatment for people with substance use disorders, prioritize care for individuals with the most serious mental illnesses, provide ongoing resources for housing interventions and workforce, and continue investments in prevention, early intervention, and innovative pilot programs. Housing is an essential component of behavioral health treatment, recovery, and stability. Beginning in 2026 under the Behavioral Health Services Act, 30 percent of each county’s funding allocation must be used for housing interventions for Californians with the most significant behavioral health needs who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Half of that amount is prioritized for those experiencing chronic homelessness.
The Behavioral Health Services Act provides ongoing funding for counties to assist people with serious behavioral health needs with housing and provides a path to long-term recovery, including ongoing capital to build more housing options. Based on projections for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027, the total statewide housing funding will be approximately $950 million annually, dependent upon tax revenues. In addition, to allow counties to address their different local needs and priorities, counties may transfer funding to increase this component up to an additional 14 percent – or decrease funding by up to 7 percent – by transferring funding between the two other Behavioral Health Services Act funding components (Full Service Partnerships and general behavioral health services and supports).
2. Cov pej xeem tsim nyog
Cov neeg tsim nyog tau txais Txoj Cai Pabcuam Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv Hauv Tsev muaj xws li menyuam yaus, hluas, laus, thiab cov laus. Tsuas yog qhov kev hloov pauv tseem ceeb ntawm Txoj Cai Pabcuam Kev Puas Siab Puas Ntsws yog ntxiv rau cov neeg uas muaj teeb meem siv tshuaj yeeb dej caw.
3. Hom kev cuam tshuam vaj tse
Cov kev pabcuam vaj tsev tsim nyog rau Txoj Cai Pabcuam Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv yog dav dav los pab txhawb ntau yam kev xav tau rau cov neeg lub hom phiaj thiab pab muab vaj tse ruaj khov - hauv kev sib koom tes nrog kev saib xyuas - txhawm rau txhim kho cov txiaj ntsig kev noj qab haus huv. Kev cuam tshuam hauv vaj tse tuaj yeem suav nrog:
- Cov nyiaj pab xauj tsev
- Kev them nyiaj yug ua haujlwm
- Cov vaj tsev sib koom (piv txwv li, vaj tsev rov qab)
- Tsev neeg vaj tse
- Tsis yog tseem fwv teb chaws sib faib rau Medi-Cal kev caij tsheb xauj tsev (tso kev pom zoo los ntawm tsoomfwv)
- Lwm yam, raws li tau hais los ntawm DHCS
- Kev pabcuam vaj tse raws li qhov project, suav nrog kev xauj tsev
- Cov phiaj xwm kev loj hlob: Cov nroog tuaj yeem siv txog li 25 feem pua ntawm 30 feem pua (piv txwv li, 7.5 feem pua ntawm tag nrho) rau kev cuam tshuam vaj tse los txhawb peev
4. Siv Cov Kev Pabcuam Kev Puas Siab puas ntsws tam sim no rau vaj tse
There is a high degree of flexibility in how counties can use Mental Health Services Act funds for housing and housing supports. Several parts of a county’s current 2023-2026 plan could include housing:
- Kev Pabcuam Hauv Zej Zog thiab Kev Txhawb Nqa (CSS)
- Kev Sib Koom Tes Ua Haujlwm Tag Nrho
- General System Development (GSD)
- Kev nthuav qhia thiab kev koom tes
- Kev pab vaj tse
- Mental Health Services Act Housing Program
- Tsis Muaj Chaw Zoo Li Tsev
- Kev Tiv Thaiv thiab Kev Tiv Thaiv Thaum Ntxov
- Innovation Funds
- Peev Facility & Technological xav tau
Based on the FY 2022-23 Annual Revenue and Expenditure Report, counties are currently expending $286,284,868 on housing and housing supports under the Mental Health Services Act. For more information and specific examples of how each component or program can be used for housing and housing supports, check out How Can Mental Health Services Act be Used to Support Homeless Individuals?
5. Cov nyiaj tsis tu ncua / nyiaj ib zaug
Muaj ntau lub xeev-nyiaj pab kev pab cuam uas yuav pab tau ntau tus neeg uas yuav tsim nyog tau txais kev pab los ntawm Mental Health Services Act / Behavioral Health Services Act cov nyiaj vaj tse. Cov program no suav nrog:
- Homekey; Homelessness, Housing, Assistance, and Prevention; No Place Like Home Program; Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program; Veteran Support to Self-Reliance Program; Encampment Resolution Funding; Family Homelessness Challenge Grants; Transitional Housing and Supplemental Program; Housing Navigators Maintenance Program; Pet Assistance and Support Program; Housing and Disability Advocacy Program; Home Safe; Bringing Families Home; CalWORKs Housing Support Program; Project Roomkey; Community Care Expansion; Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (through counties and tribal entities); and the Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program (through Medi-Cal managed care plans).
6. Kev sib sau nyiaj txiag
Cov neeg tau txais kev pab hauv zos raug txhawb kom sib koom ua ke Cov Kev Pabcuam Kev Puas Siab Puas Ntsws / Txoj Cai Pabcuam Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv nrog lwm cov peev txheej, suav nrog:
- Medi-Cal (los ntawm Medi-Cal cov phiaj xwm saib xyuas)
- Medi-Cal Kev Pabcuam Zej Zog ntsig txog vaj tse thiab, yog tias tsoomfwv tau pom zoo, kev xauj tsev nyob ib ntus, thiab Kev Pabcuam Kev Pabcuam Kev Pabcuam , txhawm rau pab txuas cov tib neeg nrog kev txhawb nqa vaj tse thiab kev pabcuam
- Lub Nroog Realignment
- Federal block nyiaj pab
- CalVet Mental Health Grant rau County Veteran Service Officers
- Proposition 1 Behavioral Health Housing Bond ($ 2 billion rau vaj tse nrog cov kev pabcuam)
- Lwm cov nyiaj vaj tse thiab tsis muaj vaj tsev nyob hauv tsoom fwv, xeev, thiab cov nyiaj hauv zos, xws li cov neeg saib xyuas vaj tse
- Cov nyiaj tau los ntawm cov nyiaj pub dawb thiab cov peev txheej ntiag tug
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