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SD Mayor, County Supervisors Outline $25 Million Behavioral Health Fund

Posted by Christine Huard on April 8, 2020 in Politics | 359 Views
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Waterfront Park and the San Diego County administration building. Photo courtesy San Diego County news center.

A $25 million fund for San Diego area behavioral health providers to bolster their services for those struggling with mental illness or addiction was outlined Wednesday by city and county elected officials.

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The Behavioral Health Impact Fund will provide funds to local service providers “to treat, stabilize and house” individuals experiencing mental illness and substance abuse issues, by helping behavioral health organizations acquire properties to expand their service capacity, according to San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer.

Faulconer, who was joined at a Wednesday news conference by county Supervisors Greg Cox and Nathan Fletcher, said the fund “was in the works well before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and now it will go into effect when the need is greater than it’s ever been before.”

Faulconer said the fund would address the city and county’s efforts to combat homelessness at the same time local governments are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, as the homeless are among the “most vulnerable to this virus.”

The fund will support service providers’ efforts to “buy, expand or renovate a facility to increase their capacity to serve these individuals,” according to Faulconer.

Fletcher said motels are one example of properties that could be purchased during the COVID-19 pandemic and converted into facilities for these organizations.

The fund is financed by a settlement of redevelopment litigation, and was approved by a unanimous Tuesday vote by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, as well as a San Diego City Council vote in March.

Details on how organizations can apply for funds will be released later. Potential projects must be approved by both a city and county representative.

“The cost of building these types of facilities can be beyond the means of most nonprofits,” Cox said. “Now this fund will play an important and critical role in helping this region cope with and recover from the corona crisis.”

— City News Service

SD Mayor, County Supervisors Outline $25 Million Behavioral Health Fund was last modified: April 9th, 2020 by Christine Huard

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