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Sutter County approves application for $500,000 CMSP matching funds for regional behavioral health facility
Summary
The board approved applying for up to $500,000 in County Medical Services Program matching funds to support a proposed 16‑bed long‑term adult residential treatment facility in Yuba County that would serve Sutter and Yuba counties through their JPA.
The Sutter County Board of Supervisors approved a request to apply for County Medical Services Program (CMSP) healthcare infrastructure matching funds up to $500,000 as local match for a Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure grant under Proposition 1.
Sarah Eberhardt Rios, director of Health and Human Services, told the board the combined grants would be used to construct a 16‑bed long‑term adult residential treatment facility in Yuba County that would serve residents of both Sutter and Yuba counties through the Sutter‑Yuba Behavioral Health joint powers authority. Rios said the proposed facility would help provide services for people under Lanterman‑Petris‑Short conservatorship (LPS conservatees) and others with long‑term behavioral health needs, many of whom have been placed outside the counties due to a lack of local beds.
"Expanding the local treatment infrastructure keeps clients here in our community where their support systems are, improves the quality and experience of treatment, and reduces the overall cost for the county for these services," Rios said.
Rios noted previous closures of local board‑and‑care facilities in 2018 and 2021 reduced local capacity by about 60 beds and that Sutter‑Yuba currently supports about 94 LPS conservatees (50 in Sutter, 44 in Yuba). She told the board per‑client placement costs can range from $17,000 to $60,000 per year depending on level of care.
Supervisor Stevens asked whether the proposed facility was the same funding type as a recent Gridley project; Rios said it is similar funding but would be a separate residential treatment facility (not an expansion of that hospital project). The board moved, seconded and approved the application.
The item was presented as having no impact on the county general fund and the matching funds would serve as part of the required local match for the Behavioral Health Crisis Infrastructure program. The grant application deadline referenced in the presentation is October 28.
Next steps: county staff will submit the CMSP application and, if awarded, work with Sutter‑Yuba Behavioral Health on facility planning and implementation.
