Round 5: Crisis and Behavioral Health Continuum
Round 5: Crisis and Behavioral Health Continuum
The focus of BHCIP Round 5: Crisis and Behavioral Health Continuum was determined, in part, through a statewide needs assessment that identified significant gaps in available crisis services and supported an organized continuum of crisis services to reduce emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and incarceration.
The 33 awardees will apply $430 million to the construction and expansion of crisis and behavioral health facilities statewide, including Behavioral Health/Mental Health Urgent Care walk-in centers with voluntary stabilization-oriented services specific to individuals experiencing behavioral health and/or mental health crisis for less than 24 hours. This community-based option is typically designed to provide an alternative to emergency department visits for urgent medical needs and must focus on serving individuals in need of crisis services, commit to serving Medi-Cal beneficiaries, and offer some or all of the following:
- Multidisciplinary health assessment;
- Psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment;
- Crisis stabilization and intervention, mental health counseling, and medication evaluation;
- Direct referrals for treatment of care;
- Linkage to community-based solutions; and/or
- Peer support.