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DPH outlines expansion of behavioral health beds, warns of midterm funding cliff
Summary
The Department of Public Health briefed the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee on a mayoral budget proposal that adds residential treatment and respite beds and outpatient capacity funded in part by Prop C and one-time balances, but officials warned of a projected funding shortfall in two to three years.
The Department of Public Health presented the mayor's proposed mental health portion of the Our City, Our Home (Prop C) budget on June 4, detailing new investments to add treatment beds and outpatient capacity while cautioning committee members the plan relies on one-time fund balance and creates a funding shortfall in later years.
The presentation matters because it pairs sizeable short-term service expansions with limited operating revenue: DPH officials said the plan commits roughly $30 million over two years to open 180 new residential care and treatment beds and $12 million over two years to increase intensive outpatient treatment capacity and follow-up services, but relies on one-time Prop C fund balance that creates a “cliff” after the budget window.
Emily Gibbs, deputy finance officer for the Department of Public Health, told the committee the mayor's proposal “includes, and these are the 2 year numbers, dollars…
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