California Medicaid Releases $205 Million Funding Opportunity To Cities & Counties For Crisis Care Mobile Units

The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is releasing a funding opportunity valued at $205 million to support counties and cities in providing crisis care mobile units (CCMUs). The funding is for counties, city behavioral health departments/agencies, or joint groups of counties and/or city behavioral health agencies that seek to operate a CCMU to provide behavioral health crisis and non-crisis services. The application due date is August 23, 2021. The program funding will run from September 15, 2021, through June 30, 2026. A total of $29 million is available to eligible applicants, with an additional $176 . . .