14 May State Sends Contra Costa $98M to Fund 3 New Mental Health and Recovery Facilities

(Contra Costa Health Services via Bay City News)

By Tony Hicks
Bay City News

Contra Costa Health has received about $98 million in state funding to build three new mental health and recovery facilities in Oakley, Pittsburg and Pleasant Hill.

The county health agency said Wednesday in a statement the funding comes from California’s Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, a multi-year state initiative to improve behavioral health care infrastructure paid through Proposition 1, a bond measure California voters approved in the March 2024 election to fund mental health treatment facilities.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Health Care Services announced the awards this week.

“We are grateful to Gov. Newsom and DHCS for recognizing the need to invest in this kind of infrastructure in Contra Costa County,” Candace Andersen, chair of the county Board of Supervisors, said in the statement. “We desperately need more beds for residential care and treatment.”

The county has targeted three projects for the money, including the Delta Recovery Center in Oakley, which will be a campus including a 16 bed-adult residential treatment center and a 16-bed mental health rehabilitation center.

The money will also fund the Los Medanos Recovery Center in Pittsburg, which will serve as a hub including a sobering center, crisis triage center, withdrawal management program, and outpatient behavioral health care services.

The third project will be the Sherman Recovery Center in Pleasant Hill, a 16-bed adult residential treatment and transitional residential facility designed to support adults with behavioral health needs in a structured setting.

“These investments help us to meet people where they are, offering meaningful treatment and support close to home,” Contra Costa County Supervisor Ken Carlson said in the statement. “They are a vital part of our ongoing efforts to reduce emergency room visits, reduce contact with the criminal justice system, and support recovery in our community.”

The Board of Supervisors this week appointed Carlson and Andersen as its representatives on the recently established behavioral health commission, which advises the board on mental health, substance use disorder and behavioral health matters in the county.

The county owns the properties on which all three facilities will be built.

Statewide, Proposition 1 funding is expected to create more than 5,000 residential treatment beds and expand outpatient capacity by 21,800, with a focus on helping individuals who are homeless or at risk of institutionalization.

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