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Fresno behavioral health director: county sought nine BCHIP awards, received none after technical and site setbacks
Summary
Fresno County Behavioral Health Director Susan Holt told the Assembly committee her agency submitted nine BCHIP applications totaling about $105 million but received no final awards after a tentatively awarded project encountered a fire, title problems and revised cost estimates that made renovation infeasible.
Fresno County Behavioral Health Director Susan Holt described an experience that highlights barriers smaller or poorer counties face in competitive BCHIP rounds: her department submitted nine applications across grant rounds 3–5 requesting about $104.7 million but ultimately accepted no awarded BCHIP funds.
Holt said seven of the Fresno applications — about $68.3 million — sought acute care capacity such as psychiatric health facilities and crisis stabilization units for the Southern San Joaquin Valley, an area RAND and counties had identified with high unmet…
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