Through the Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (BHBH) Program, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will provide a total of $1.5 billion in funding to county behavioral health agencies and Tribal entities to operate bridge housing settings to address the immediate housing needs of people experiencing homelessness who have serious behavioral health conditions, including serious mental illness (SMI) and/or substance use disorder (SUD).

The BHBH Program was enacted under Assembly Bill 179 (Chapter 249, Statutes of 2022) and provides $1.5 billion in funding through June 30, 2027. Of the initial allocation of $1 billion for the BHBH Program, more than $925 million has been awarded.