CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OCTOBER 14, 2025
AGENDA ITE M 16.2
Approval of Application and
Participation in the Behavioral
Health Continuum
Infrastructure Program (BHCIP)
BHCIP Overview
Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Round 1: Launch Ready (August 9, 2024- December 13, 2024) • $3.3 billion awarded to fund behavioral health treatment facilities
Round 2: Unmet Needs funding opportunity (May 30, 2025- October 28, 2025) • $800 million available to construct, acquire, and rehabilitate real estate assets to expand the continuum of behavioral health treatment and service resources for Californians
• The City can contribute in-kind property equity to meet the 10% match requirement.
• The application is due October 28, 2025.
Teen Impact Center History
• The Gary and Janice Podesto Teen Impact Center was opened in 2005.
• The Teen Center was managed by the Boys and Girls Club of Stockton from 2005-2010.
• Family Resource and Referral Center of San Joaquin managed the Center from 2011 until the operations agreement expired in 2021. • Since 2021, the Teen Center has sat vacant and is in a state of disrepair.
City Revitalization Efforts
November 2023: Released of RFI/SOQ for vacant/underutilized City land, including the Teen Center
• State of building and lack of resources prohibited partnership April 2025: Released RFQ to identify potential partners/projects for BHCIP Round 2: Unmet Needs
• Lack of City resources limited options for City to pursue BHCIP Teen Center identified as suitable for BHCIP to reactivate space • In-Kind Property Equity: $6.4 million
I Am Ready Stockton Youth Center
Transforming Behavioral Health Access for
Stockton’s Young Adults
Presented by
Amelia Williamson
Managing Director
Hollywood Cares
October 2025
The Need: Why This Matters
Stockton’s young adults (ages 18–25) face alarming gaps in mental health and substance use care, especially those who are foster-experienced, justice-involved, or from historically underserved Black and Brown communities. Many experience homelessness, trauma, or untreated mental health needs. Current services reach only a small fraction of those in need. 📊 16% poverty rate
💔 Disproportionate homelessness among Black residents
⚠ 50% of LGBTQ+ youth can’t access mental health care
The Solution
The Hollywood Cares Foundation is partnering with San Joaquin County Behavioral Health Services and Main Street Youth + Family Services to launch the I Am Ready Stockton Youth Center, a first-of-its-kind behavioral health and peer respite facility designed specifically for transition-age youth.
Core Components:
Behavioral Health Clinic (operated by SJCBHS):
Provides outpatient services for mental health and substance use, early intervention, and ongoing counseling—structured to maximize Medi-Cal reimbursement for sustainable care.
Peer Respite Housing (operated by Main Street Youth + Family Services):
Offers short-term stays (up to 14 days) in a safe, home-like setting for youth in crisis—helping them stabilize, maintain employment or school, and connect to long-term support.
Capacity & Impact:
Serves up to 41 individuals daily and 750 annually through the clinic.
Provides 20 respite beds for youth in short-term crisis care.
Builds a Peer Support Specialist training hub, creating pathways to certification, employment, and mentorship for local residents.
Key Features & Partnerships:
Designed around Medi-Cal billable services (mental health, substance use, case management, and peer support).
Serves as a diversion resource under Proposition 36, connecting young adults to recovery and housing instead of incarceration.
Establishes referral partnerships with local colleges, probation, and social service agencies.
Prioritizes Black, Brown, LGBTQ+, and foster-experienced youth facing the highest barriers to care.
Our Vision
To create a trusted, affirming, and community-rooted space where Stockton’s youth can heal, grow, and access the tools they need for stability and self-determination.
This project directly expands the continuum of care in Joaquin County bridging prevention, crisis stabilization, and long-term recovery, while cultivating a local peer-led workforce to sustain these outcomes for years to come.
Our Support
Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom
Representative Josh Harder
Senator Jerry McNerney
Genevieve Valentine, Director of Health Care Services, San Joaquin County Tony Yadon, Executive Director Main Street Youth and Family Services Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution:
1) Authorizing an application to and participation in the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program
(“BHCIP”);
2) Authorizing the Teen Impact Center to be leveraged as match as part of the application for BHCIP funding; and 3) Authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to take
whatever actions are deemed necessary and
appropriate to carry out the purpose and intent of this resolution.