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Maricopa County funds new Valleywise outpatient behavioral health clinic in Mesa
Summary
Maricopa County used ARPA funds to help build a Valleywise Health outpatient behavioral health specialty clinic in Mesa, directing $9 million to construction and $2 million to renovate a neighboring hospital; county officials said the clinic will serve people with serious mental illness and more than 400 patients annually.
Maricopa County provided American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to support the opening of a new Valleywise Health outpatient behavioral health specialty clinic in Mesa, officials said. "With an investment from Maricopa County," one speaker said during the meeting.
The county allocated about $11 million from its ARPA plan to the project, a second speaker said: "We provided about $11,000,000 in funding from the ARPA plan." Of that amount, $9 million was used to build the specialty outpatient clinic and $2 million went to renovate the adjacent Desert Vista Behavioral Health Hospital in Mesa, the transcript shows.
County speakers said the clinic is intended to expand access for low-income, underinsured and uninsured people and to serve patients with serious mental illness, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depressive disorders. The speakers said the outpatient facility is expected to serve more than 400 patients a year.
Officials placed the Mesa clinic in the context of prior county investments in Valleywise Health: "Maricopa County has provided $16,000,000 in ARPA funds to ValleyWise. I was at the opening of a facility in Maryvale last September," one speaker said, noting the county has supported similar facilities in other parts of Maricopa County.
No formal votes or motions were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt. The remarks describe funding and program intent rather than policy decisions taken during the meeting.
