The funding comes from the Department of Health Care Services’ Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Round 4: Children and Youth, which has $480.5 million in available grants for 54 behavioral health projects throughout California.
The county will use the funds to create the Orland Youth and Family Wellness Center, an integrated outpatient mental health and substance abuse clinic.
The new facility will provide more alternatives for behavioral health treatment in less restrictive settings.
“[The funds] will allow alternatives to incarceration, hospitalization, homelessness, and institutionalization by better meeting the needs of vulnerable populations who face the greatest barriers to access,” said a Glenn County news release obtained by the publication. “A variety of care placement options can provide a vital off-ramp from intensive behavioral health service settings, helping transition individuals, including the most vulnerable, to community living.”
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