Joint RFA
Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Launch Ready and Community Care Expansion (CCE) Program Capital Expansion Grant Funding
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and Department of Social Services (CDSS) released a joint Request for Applications (RFA) in January 2022. The RFA encompassed BHCIP Round 3: Launch Ready funding from DHCS and CCE Capital Expansion funding from CDSS.
DHCS was authorized through 2021 legislation to establish BHCIP and award approximately $2.1 billion to construct, acquire, and expand properties and invest in mobile crisis infrastructure related to behavioral health. CCE was established through Assembly Bill (AB) 172 (Chapter 696, of Statutes 2021) as a companion effort focused on the acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation of adult and senior care facilities that serve Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) and Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) applicants and recipients and other adults who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
For additional information about BHCIP Round 3: Launch Ready, please visit that round’s page. For information about CCE, including the Capital Expansion and Preservation programs, visit the CCE website.
Joint RFA | Attachments | Forms
Attachment A: Application
Use this document as a guide to begin gathering information and documents that you will need to complete the actual online application when it opens on February 15. This document cannot be accepted as an actual application.
- Predevelopment CCE Budget Template for Lendistry-Excel File
- BHCIP Budget Template for Lendistry-Excel File
- Full CCE Budget Template-Excel File
Form 2: Budget narrative and definition of terms
Form 3: Schematic design checklist | Excel template for Schematic design checklist
Form 4: Design/acquisition/construction milestone schedule
Form 5: Development team description/contact form
Form 6: Community engagement form
Form 7: Applicant’s certification
Attachment B: Pre-Application Consultation Process
For more information on the Pre-Application Consultation Process, visit our page on Pre-Application Consultations and Technical Assistance.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
News and Announcements
REMINDER: CCE Application Portal Will Close June 1, 2023
This is a reminder that the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) will be closing the CCE application portal on Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. PST unless funds are exhausted sooner. All interested applicants are strongly encouraged to submit their funding applications in the application portal by that deadline. Based on available funding, we particularly encourage applicationsfrom tribal entities across the state as well as projects located in Los Angeles County, Sacramento Area, Central Coast, and the Balance of State regions (counties in these regions are listed below and on page 8 of the CCE Request for Applications (RFA)).
You may reach out to CDSS at housing@dss.ca.gov before the June 1st deadline if you are a tribal entity seeking to apply for CCE funds or your project is located in one of the aforementioned areas with available funding but you are unable to submit your application in the portal by the June 1st deadline.
CDSS will continue to review and award projects on a rolling basis. After June 1, 2023, CDSS will consider all application submissions and any project proposals that applicants have engaged with CDSS on before determining next steps for distribution of any remaining CCE funding.
You can find additional information about CCE and the application process on the CCE grant page. Learn more about some of the recently awarded projects here.
Will there be a BHCIP Round 3: Launch Ready Part 2?
Will there be a BHCIP Round 3: Launch Ready Part 2?
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