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Stockton council rejects motion to apply for state behavioral health grant for Teen Impact Center
Summary
After hours of debate about conflicts, readiness and operations, Stockton City Council voted against authorizing a state BHCIP grant application that would have used the vacant Teen Impact Center as a 10% in-kind match for an estimated $58 million construction request.
Council members debated for more than two hours on Oct. 14 before declining to authorize the city to apply for round‑2 of California's Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) using the city‑owned Teen Impact Center as an in‑kind match. The agreement under consideration would have let the city list the Teen Impact Center at an estimated in‑kind value of about $6.4 million to support an application that, on paper, could seek up to $58 million for construction and rehabilitation.
The proposal, presented by Jordan Peterson, deputy director of economic development, described the Teen Impact Center as a 27,000‑square‑foot facility that has stood vacant since operations agreements lapsed in 2021. Staff said recent architectural estimates put full rehabilitation at roughly…
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