The allocation is aimed at preventing people with behavioral health problems from being held at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Calif., the report said. It was part of a $3.8 billion budget adopted July 1.
The Care First Community Coalition, a group of local organizations that had pushed for $173 million, said the funding was an incremental step, the report said.
“Alameda County can permanently end our reliance on jail and policing as responses to our social and health needs by fully funding scalable and intentional projects that prioritize stability, housing, and community-based mental health care,” Jason Toro, chief program officer at La Familia, a community mental health service provider, told The Independent.
