Joint RFA
Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Launch Ready and Community Care Expansion (CCE) Program Capital Expansion Grant Funding
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and Department of Social Services (CDSS) are pleased to announce the release of a joint Request for Applications (RFA).
DHCS was authorized through 2021 legislation to establish BHCIP and award approximately $2.1 billion to construct, acquire, and expand properties and invest in mobile crisis infrastructure related to
behavioral health. CDSS oversees CCE, which was established through Assembly Bill (AB) 172 (Chapter 696, of Statutes 2021) as a companion effort focused on the acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation
of adult and senior care facilities that serve SSI/SSP and CAPI applicants and recipients and other adults who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
This joint RFA encompassed BHCIP Round 3 funding for launch ready projects and CCE Capital Expansion program funding:
BHCIP Launch Ready grants ($518.5M) will provide funding to construct, acquire, and rehabilitate real estate assets to expand the behavioral health continuum of treatment and service resources in settings serving Medicaid beneficiaries. Proposed behavioral health infrastructure projects must demonstrate they have been through a planning process and are ready for implementation. These applications will only be accepted from projects that are determined to be launch ready and are submitted according to the timeline in the RFA.
Launch Ready is no longer accepting applications. However applications are still being accepted for CCE Capital Expansion. Applicants can also apply for Round 5: Crisis and Behavioral Health Continuum funding concurrent to CCE funding applications, but those applications are managed in separate portals. Visit the grant pages to learn more.
CCE Capital Expansion grants ($570M) are for acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation to preserve and expand adult and senior care facilities serving Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) and Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) applicants and recipients, including those who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Visit the CCE grant page to begin the application process.
Joint RFA | Attachments | Forms
The following list of documents will help you prepare for the application process. It includes template budget forms, and examples of questions that will be asked of applicants. The budget forms included under Form 1: Budget Template can be uploaded into the Lendistry platform.
Attachment A: Application
Use this document as a guide to begin gathering information and documents that you will need to complete the actual online application when it opens on February 15. This document cannot be accepted as an actual application.
Form 1: PDF Example Budget Template
Form 2: Budget narrative and definition of terms
Form 3: Schematic design checklist | Excel template for Schematic design checklist
Form 4: Design/acquisition/construction milestone schedule
Form 5: Development team description/contact form
Form 6: Community engagement form
Form 7: Applicant’s certification
Attachment B: Pre-Application Consultation Process
For more information on the Pre-Application Consultation Process, visit our page on Pre-Application Consultations and Technical Assistance.
News and Announcements
Important Update: Change in Community Care Expansion Program Application Portal
Update: New Application Portal opened at 9am on June 13, 2022. Visit the CCE Page to learn more.
The application portal for the Community Care Expansion (CCE) Capital Expansion grants program will be changing on Monday, June 13, 2022. The CCE application will not change, but the portal that applicants use to submit their application responses and corresponding materials will be different.
If you were in the process of submitting an application, you are strongly encouraged to copy and export all materials until the new platform opens. Once the platform is open for submissions, DSS and AHP will inform all interested parties by email and through updates to this website.
Please review the important information on this page to read about how this change in the application portal may impact you.
Will there be a BHCIP Round 3: Launch Ready Part 2?
DHCS received a total of 148 applications requesting more than $2 billion in Round 3: Launch Ready funding before the Part 1 deadline and will share award announcements in June. DHCS has closed the application portal for Round 3 due to the response received in Part 1. There will not be a BHCIP Round 3: Launch Ready Part 2 application process.
Round 4: Children and Youth is now open, and applicants are encouraged to apply there for BHCIP funding. Entities could still apply for both BHCIP Round 4 and CCE at the same time, however these would be separate applications.
Visit the CCE Capital Expansion and Pre-Development page to learn more, as well as the Round 4: Children and Youth page.
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