The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) leads the efforts on Behavioral Health Transformation which is the effort that will implement the ballot initiative known as Proposition 1. Behavioral Health Transformation complements and builds on California’s other major behavioral health initiatives including, but not limited to, California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative, the California Behavioral Health Community-Based Organization Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment (BH-CONNECT) Demonstration proposal, Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI), Medi-Cal Mobile Crisis, 988 expansion, and the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP).
Californians voted to pass Proposition 1 to modernize the behavioral health delivery system, improve accountability and increase transparency, and expand the capacity of behavioral health care facilities for Californians. Proposition 1 includes up to $6.4 billion in bonds to build new supportive housing and community-based treatment settings. DHCS is enacting changes resulting from Proposition 1 through the Behavioral Health Transformation project.
More information can be found on the Behavioral Health Transformation website.
This project receives funding from Opioid Settlement Funds (OSF) through California’s Opioid Settlements.