The Alameda Health System (AHS) in the US has secured over $77m in funding to enhance its behavioural health infrastructure.
This investment will fund the construction of a ten-bed inpatient medical detox and psychiatric care unit at San Leandro Hospital, as well as two units with 20 beds dedicated to geriatric psychiatric healthcare at St Rose Hospital.
The funding comes from the California Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, via Proposition 1.
St Rose Hospital board chair and AHS chief operating officer Mark Fratzke said: “This is a transformative investment for Alameda Health System and the East Bay community. It strengthens our ability to care for those in the most vulnerable moments of their lives and ensures that people can get the mental and behavioural health care they need close to home.
“We are proud to be recognised as a critical component of California’s efforts to modernise and expand mental and behavioural health care. This funding will advance our mission of caring, healing, teaching, and serving all.”
In Alameda County, mental and behavioural health ranks among the top five priority health needs, as highlighted in the Alameda County Health Care Service’s Community Health Needs Assessment for 2022-2025.
The funding will allow the health system to address a care gap and broaden its capacity to cater to patients with intricate behavioural health requirements.
AHS is one of 124 sponsor organisations to receive a share of the $3.3bn in competitive funding awards from the DHCS’ Proposition 1 Bond BHCIP Round 1.
These awards are part of a broader effort to establish a behavioural health system in California, ensuring timely access to various levels of care, from crisis stabilisation to long-term treatment.
The state’s commitment to reducing mental health crises and supporting community-based solutions underscores the importance of these investments for the sustainability and accessibility of behavioural care services.
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