California health officials have awarded Sonoma County $67.7 million in state behavioral health funds for the construction of four, 16-bed psychiatric care facilities and a 40-bed residential drug treatment center, state officials announced Wednesday.
Dr. Jan Cobaleda-Kegler, director of the county’s Behavioral Health Division, said the projects fill large gaps in mental health and substance use services for some of the county’s most vulnerable residents.
The state funds for the five new facilities, to be built on county property in east Santa Rosa, come from Proposition 1, the $6.4 billion mental health bond passed by California voters last year…