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5 Things To Know: Bridge Housing Funds Will Establish Recuperative Care Beds

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San Diego County Behavioral Health Services has been awarded $12.4 million in state funding for bridge housing services. The funds will be used to create 49 new recuperative care beds for people who are experiencing homelessness and have a behavioral health condition. The award was part of a series of competitive grants issued by the Department of Health Care Services as part of its Behavioral Health Bridge Housing funding. The new beds will be located in a county-owned facility and at community-based providers that contract with the county.