Behavioral Health Facilities Closure Prevention
Behavioral Health Facilities Closure Prevention supports behavioral health providers with capital repairs and upgrades to keep existing facilities open and preserve care for publicly funded people.
Funder: Washington State Department of Commerce
Due Dates: June 30, 2027, midnight (Applications; earlier if funds are exhausted) | November 10, 2026 (Tribal webinar)
Funding Amounts: $9.7 million available; maximum request $9.7 million
Summary: Funds capital repairs and upgrades that prevent closure of existing behavioral health facilities serving publicly funded people.
Key Information: Applicants must demonstrate significant risk of facility closure within two years without state investment.
Description
The Washington State Department of Commerce’s Behavioral Health Facilities Closure Prevention Program supports capital projects that keep existing behavioral health facilities in use. It funds critical repairs and upgrades to preserve services for publicly funded people, rather than expand facilities. Supported work includes physical repairs on facility property, capital maintenance needed to meet current or impending licensing standards, and capital improvements that increase cash available for facility operations.
The program preserves crisis care, residential and inpatient mental health or substance use disorder treatment, mental health peer respite, opioid treatment, and outpatient services. It also supports eligible enhanced services facilities and assisted living facilities providing specified residential care services.
