California’s Safe Passages Breaks Ground On New Community Wellness & Prevention Center  

Safe Passages broke ground on construction of a new Community Wellness and Prevention Center in California's Oakland area. The Safe Passages facility is funded, in part, by $9 million from California’s Department of Health Care Services.  

Safe Passages said the new center will enable it to serve more than 4,800 community members and build a safe space to address gaps in mental health and addiction disorder treatment for children and youth transitioning to adulthood. 

The funding came through California’s Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program. The program offers funding to construct, acquire, and expand properties and to . . .