The behavioral health department of the County of San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Health Agency received a $21.6 million grant through California’s Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, supported by the Proposition 1 bond.
The funds will be used to purchase and renovate a facility in Paso Robles that will expand behavioral health services for youth and adults, according to a Jan. 27 news release. The project includes development of a 16-bed psychiatric health facility — 12 beds for adults and four for youth — an eight-bed adult crisis residential treatment program, and a two- to four-bed youth crisis residential program, the first of its kind in the San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara regions.
The project aligns with the department’s five-year strategic plan and is estimated for completion in fiscal 2028-29.
The grant was part of a $3 billion first round of funding distributed by the California Department of Health Care Services, which selected 118 projects from nearly 300 applications to expand 199 mental health and substance use disorder facilities statewide.
