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San Joaquin County outlines BEWell behavioral health campus plan, seeks Prop 1 and other funds
Summary
Health Care Services presented a BEWell campus update: phase 1 would add 175 treatment beds (estimated cost $240 million); county has secured $65.5 million, seeks $137.5 million Prop 1 grant, and may use opioid settlement funds as a backstop; grant awards due May 2025.
Director Valentine provided an update on the BEWell behavioral health campus, saying phase 1 would add about 175 treatment beds across inpatient, locked and outpatient units and that a phase 2 would add about 250 transitional and supportive housing beds if the county secures additional funding.
The update matters because the county is proposing a major expansion of local behavioral health capacity and has already identified multiple funding sources. The county has estimated phase 1 at roughly $240 million; Behavioral Health…
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