California to allocate $480.5M for youth mental health

California is awarding $480.5 million to fund 54 projects aimed at improving the state’s behavioral health infrastructure for children and youth. 

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The projects are designed to increase care, especially in the least restrictive, community-based settings, with community wellness/youth prevention centers, outpatient treatment for substance use disorders, school-linked health centers and outpatient community mental health clinics, according to a Dec. 7 news release from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office. 

The release highlighted four of the projects that will receive funding:

  • $57.54 million for an acute psychiatric care hospital in Los Angeles. 
  • $27.6 million to treat substance use disorder and increase slots and beds in Orange County. 
  • $9.3 million to fund an adult residential treatment facility in Watsonville.
  • $7.9 million to fund a community mental health outpatient clinic in Hoopa.

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