Los Angeles County has secured $65 million in state funding to transform part of the Metropolitan State Hospital campus in Norwalk into a mental healthcare village, County Supervisor Janice Hahn announced earlier this month.

“This mental healthcare village is exactly the type of facility voters were thinking of when they approved Proposition 1,” said Hahn in a statement. “These buildings are doing no one any good sitting empty and we have a plan to convert them into the Los Angeles County Care Community -- a mental healthcare village where we can provide humane, professional treatment and housing to people who desperately need it. This funding is a huge step forward for us and I appreciate the support we have already gotten from our state partners.” 

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The 826-bed hospital, operated by the Department of State Hospitals, spans approximately 162 acres. The County intends to renovate six of its vacant buildings to provide housing and mental health services to adults and transition age youth. 

The $65-million grant will go toward implementing a portion of the full project, covering the cost of renovating two buildings as psychiatric subacute facilities for transition age youth. The buildings would have a total of 32 beds. 

The full project, when completed, would have a total of 219 beds with capacity to treat hundreds of patients each year. $20 million in Los Angeles County's No Place Like Home funds have previously been dedicated toward the project.

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