County names Deer Creek Behavioral Health Center, outlines timeline for 16-bed B-CHIP facility
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County behavioral health staff described a $23.7 million B-CHIP-funded 16-bed acute psychiatric facility to serve Medi-Cal members, named the site "Deer Creek Behavioral Health Center," scheduled a March 31 groundbreaking and targeted opening in September 2027; the board approved the naming and project steps.
Dr. Carrie Yardley, acting director of Behavioral Health, and Ariel Levitt, chief fiscal administrative officer for Health and Human Services Agency, presented the county's B-CHIP-funded project to construct a 16-bed acute psychiatric and mental health rehabilitation center to reduce out-of-county placements. "We are currently sending people out of County," Yardley said, adding that bringing a facility into Nevada County will allow better care coordination and shorter community transitions.
Leavitt said the county was conditionally awarded $23,700,000, signed the program funding agreement and would begin site work in April with construction slated to begin in June and a target opening of September 2027. The county has selected Crestwood Behavioral Health as an operations partner. Staff proposed naming the facility the Deer Creek Behavioral Health Center to reflect the Deer Creek watershed and local geography; the board approved the naming and scheduled a groundbreaking for March 31.
Supervisors thanked staff and the community for supporting placement of behavioral-health resources locally, and staff noted further actions (parcel encumbrance, program agreements) will return to the board over the next months.
