When will the BHCIP Round 4: Children and Youth funding awards be announced?
DHCS anticipates BHCIP Round 4: Children and Youth funding award announcements by December 2022. For information and updates, please visit the Round 4: Children and Youth webpage: Children and Youth […]
The RFA requires applicants to provide a “sustainable business plan with (pro forma) projections of future objectives and strategies for achieving them.” Can you please explain what that means?
A sustainable business plan provides an outline of the business approach and structure of how the business will be operated and sustained over time—in this case, for the life of […]
Please define the term “expansion” as related to BHCIP funding.
BHCIP expansion is considered the addition of new behavioral health service capacity only (beds/slots). Expansion does not include relocation/rebuilding/repurposing existing behavioral health service capacity. BHCIP funding is not preservation funding. […]
What are the requirements of the 30-year use restriction language specified in the BHCIP Round 4 Request for Applications (RFA)?
Welfare and Institutions Code Section 5960.15(d) specifies that an entity receiving BHCIP grant funds operate services in the financed facility for the intended purposes for a minimum of 30 years. […]
Are the grant funds covering services for the project once the facility is constructed? If so how long is the term once awarded?
Grant funds do not cover services, nor can services be used as a match.
Are mobile or portable units (school-linked) considered an eligible infrastructure project under BHCIP Round 4: Children and Youth?
No. School-linked mobile or portable units are not eligible for Round 4: Children and Youth grant funding.
If we went through a pre-application consultation for Round 3 and are now also applying for Round 4, do we need to have a second pre-application consultation?
Yes. Every round of BHCIP funding requires a separate pre-application consultation.
For Round 4, would a mental health rehabilitation center serving TAY be an eligible use of funds?
No. The eligible facilities to be funded in BHCIP Round 4: Children and Youth include the following: community mental health clinics, community treatment facilities, community wellness/prevention centers, outpatient treatment for […]
Is there a minimum percentage of project beds that should be serving the target population(s)?
CCE Capital Expansion applicants are asked to ensure that their proposed projects will serve a greater number of applicants and recipients of SSI/SSP and CAPI who are experiencing or at […]
