Contra Costa County has been awarded $43.7 million in state funds to establish the Delta Recovery Center, a new treatment facility in East Contra Costa that will expand access to critical behavioral health services. The funding is part of a $98 million grant and comes from California’s Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, a multi-year state initiative funded through Proposition 1 to improve behavioral healthcare infrastructure.
The Delta Recovery Center is one of three projects in the county. It will feature two facilities: a 16-bed Mental Health Rehabilitation Center that will provide intensive treatment and support for adults with serious mental illness, and a 16-bed Transitional Residential Social Rehabilitation/Adult Residential Treatment Facility that will offer structured, short-term housing and recovery-focused care. Together, these centers will address the shortage of behavioral treatment beds in Contra Costa County, particularly in East County, where residents face long waits and must often travel far for care.
“This project is a major step forward in closing the treatment gap for our residents who need help the most,” said Vice Chair Diane Burgis, District 3 Supervisor, whose district includes Antioch and Oakley. “By expanding local treatment, we can deliver care faster and help more people recover closer to home.”
The Delta Recovery Center was originally planned for county-owned land on Delta Road in Oakley. After further review, the county determined the project would be more successful at an alternative site on the border of Antioch and Oakley near Highway 4, also on county-owned property. The new site keeps the same design, capacity, budget, and timeline as originally proposed, representing only a change in location.
Over the past two months, county officials worked with leaders from both Antioch and Oakley to identify a site that best serves community needs and maximizes long-term success. “This investment allows us to strengthen the entire continuum of behavioral healthcare in Contra Costa County,” said Contra Costa Health Director Grant Colfax. “We are building capacity where it is most needed and ensuring that all our residents have access to treatment that supports long-term recovery.”
Environmental and site surveys are now underway, with property control expected to be finalized this fall. Updated site plans and appraisals will be submitted to the state for approval, and construction is anticipated to remain on schedule.
…and how much of that will be skimmed off by politicos for their own pet projects? …add a layer of red tape or two and the project will get how much? …wasted taxpayer $$ and zero accountability
Well…. we can send them plenty of business I’m sure.
Another colossal waste of taxpayers’ money.
I’d bet more than half that taxpayer money will be skimmed.
If one building gets built, I’d be surprised.
Petty crimes ignored, as severity of crimes increase until such time as they
catch a case, gaining attention of the Courts. California prisons in years
past were repository of mentally ill.
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While a positive move, will find number of beds to be inadequate.
$43.7 Million dollars for a 16-bed Mental Health Rehabilitation Center? Seriously???
Sounds like some major accountability needed here. Kinda like hi-speed rail, huh?
What is it now…two years since Byron Boy’s Center was shuttered, due to declining population…and the new money was going to Home Based Programs…
OKAY… How’d that work out?
Read that first paragraph very slowly… 98 BIG ones for the mentally criminal and totally feral youth being raised in this County.
****But there wasn’t enough money anywhere to fix up Byron Ranch?
Oh, yeah…NOW they can sell that 50 acre Ranch and pocket some REAL cash.
Get the tax payer’s money committed first…then sell the prize. They should build a new “farm” to house the criminal politicians
that many beds wouldn’t cover the number of meth heads begging on the corners in Concord. All for the low low price of $50,000,000, just to build 2 facilities. What are the odds that will balloon to 10 times that? We know how careful our politicos are with other peoples (taxpayer) money. How much will it be to run these 2 facilities, to help 32 people at a time. Colfax was appointed just last month, mid-August, and already there is a $50 million hit to our pockets. And the County has a $1,500,000 deficit currently.