San Diego County Wellness Campus on Rosecrans Street. The award is the largest granted in the second round of California’s Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) funding made possible through from Proposition 1.
County leaders announced the funding during a press conference today.
The integrated Wellness Campus will sit next to the County Psychiatric Hospital and expand access to specialty behavioral health care for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Once completed, the campus will add up to 140 treatment beds and provide crisis care and outpatient treatment for as many as 70 clients.
The new campus will include five core services:
- Crisis stabilization unit: Immediate, short-term care for adults experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
- Mental health rehabilitation center: Support for people with complex needs transitioning from hospital-level care.
- Peer-focused social rehabilitation facility: Intensive short-term care with peer-based recovery support.
- Adult residential substance use disorder treatment center: A safe, structured environment for adults receiving residential treatment.
- Outpatient community health clinic: Treatment and support for adults with mental health or co-occurring conditions.
The campus is expected to cost $210 million and take about five years to complete. It will replace the approximately 60-year-old Rosecrans Health Service Complex, which has been closed for more than four years.
In addition to this award, the County has secured more than $148 million in BHCIP funding for three other capital projects:
- Edgemoor Acute Inpatient Unit (Santee) — $16.7 million
- Substance Use Residential and Treatment Facility (National City) — $21.84 million
- Children’s Crisis Residential Care Facility (San Diego) — $7.9 million
Together with the new Wellness Campus, these projects will add more than 310 new mental health and substance use treatment beds and service slots across the region.
Other local community-based organizations also received BHCIP awards in this funding round, bringing the total BHCIP grant funds awarded to other local entities to more than $177 million in San Diego County.
If you or a loved one is in need of mental or behavioral health support, learn how you can get help. Call 9-8-8 or 1-888-724-7240 to speak to a trained specialist.
