Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION OF SERVICE FIRST CALIFORNIA, INC. FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MATCHING GRANTS PROGRAM FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONTINUUM INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM (BHCIP) ROUND 1 FOR THE SERVICE FIRST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RECOVERY CENTER LOCATED AT 1005 NORTH EL DORADO ST, STOCKTON CA 95202 In October 2024, the State of California released the Request for Applications for the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Round 1: Launch Ready grant funds; and Through this process, over $3.3 billion was made available to construct, acquire, or rehabilitate real estate assets, expanding the continuum of behavioral health treatment and service resources for Californians; and Under Round 1: Launch Ready grant, the state focused on the statewide behavioral health continuum and prioritized mental health community residential beds and crisis settings; and The Service First of Northern California Recovery Center at 1005 N El Dorado St Stockton, CA 95202 will be expanding the following:
Adult Residential SUD Treatment Facility with 16 beds.
Outpatient treatment for SUD with 72 slots projected to serve 18,720 individuals annually.
Social Rehabilitation Facility with 16 beds.
Peer Respite with 4 beds; and
As a requirement for state funds, applicants must receive matching funds approval from their governing board; and Services First of Northern California received a conditional award of $8,239,637.33; and In May 2025, DHCS sent Services First of Northern California (SFNC) a BHCIP conditional award letter outlining expectations and next steps to demonstrate acceptance of conditional funding, including a requirement to submit supporting documentation; and Acceptable documentation may include a letter dated and signed by the current authorizing City Manager, bank statements, and other acceptable evidence of a source, which are subject to DHCS’ sole discretion and approval; and In July 2025, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP), the Bond BHCIP administrative entity, received a letter from the former Interim City Manager conveying a commitment to provide matching funding; and In November 2025, DHCS and AHP met with SFNC to discuss the need for a revised cash match to confirm that SFNC could still meet the requirement for Bond BHCIP Round 1; and City of Stockton commits a $300,000 match for the project to be added to the other funding sources that SFNC is using to complete the match amount, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The City of Stockton approves a $300,000 match for the project to be added to the other funding sources that SFNC is using to complete the match amount.
The City Manager is authorized to take all necessary and appropriate steps to carry out the purpose and intent of this resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED November 18, 2025
CHRISTINA FUGAZI
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
KATHERINE ROLAND, CMC, CPMC
Clerk of the City of Stockton