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Board proclaims Mental Health Awareness Month as county readies new inpatient psychiatric beds
Summary
The board unanimously adopted a proclamation for Mental Health Awareness Month after behavioral-health leaders reported serving more residents, expanding substance use treatment beds, and securing a $23 million grant to build an eight-bed psychiatric health facility and an eight-bed mental health rehabilitation center in the county.
Nevada County supervisors on May 19 accepted a behavioral-health update and unanimously adopted a proclamation recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month.
Marie KD, president of the county mental health and substance use advisory board, and county behavioral-health staff described program growth: in the last fiscal year staff reported serving 2,128 adults and 1,135 youth with mental-health services. On the substance-use side, the county added 27 residential treatment beds at Levit (referred to as "Levit House" in the presentation) and contracted with Progress House to bring in up to an additional 76 beds.
Behavioral-health leaders announced they secured a $23 million grant to build a specialized inpatient mental-health facility that will provide secure 24-hour care. Staff described the planned facility as including an eight-bed psychiatric health facility (PHF) and an eight-bed mental-health rehabilitation center (MHRC); the project will also host a commons resource center with peer support, showers, laundry and other interim services.
The board praised the county's mobile crisis team, crisis-stabilization unit (a four-bed 23-hour facility) and partnerships that have helped expand local bed capacity and services. Supervisors noted staffing and state funding risks ahead (including HR1 and other state-level changes) but expressed support for continuing to pursue funding and local partnerships.
Board action: Supervisors voted unanimously to accept the presentation and to adopt a resolution proclaiming May as Mental Health Awareness Month. The board recorded gratitude for behavioral-health staff efforts and the planned local inpatient facility funded by the $23 million grant.
Next steps: Behavioral-health staff will continue implementing the project and report back to the board on construction, service capacity and funding timelines.
