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Board approves Youth Optimal Care Pathways to expand early intervention and crisis services for young people

San Diego County Board of Supervisors · March 26, 2026
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Summary

County behavioral‑health leaders presented a Youth Optimal Care Pathways model that projects growth across early intervention, crisis response, intensive community services and residential care; the board authorized competitive procurements and data‑sharing steps to expand school‑based early intervention and coordination.

San Diego County supervisors unanimously approved actions on March 25 to advance a Youth Optimal Care Pathways (Youth OCP) framework aimed at expanding prevention, early intervention and crisis‑response services for children, adolescents and transition‑age youth.

County Behavioral Health Services (BHS) staff presented modeled capacity targets and engagement strategies. The presentation said roughly 373,000 local youth and young adults (ages 0–25) are enrolled in…

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