Behavioral Health Facilities Program grants establish new behavioral health service capacity through acquisition, renovation or new construction of real property.
Our program may fund nonprofits, for-profit businesses, public entities, or Tribes that are community hospitals or community-based behavioral health providers.
Funded projects must be able to meet all applicable licensing and certification requirements under specific RCWs and WACs pertaining to the behavioral health services proposed in the facilities to which the funding will be applied.
Funding availability
Our program opens competitive and non-competitive funding rounds for behavioral health facility capital projects as funding is made available in the state capital budget.
The Legislature appropriated funding for the following two capital projects in the 2024 supplemental capital budget.
Commerce will be accepting applications for capital projects to prevent the closure of existing behavioral health facilities. This funding will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until funds are exhausted with no funding cap up to $8,417,863.
Funding is provided solely for grants to community providers to prevent the closure of existing behavioral health facilities. Funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis to qualifying project proposals that satisfy the goal of long-term preservation of behavioral health facilities.
For more information, see the Notice of Funding Opportunity (PDF) and program guidelines under the Resources section (Reports, guidelines and information).
To apply, please access ZoomGrants
- Starting February 19, 2025, from 9:00 a.m.
Commerce is authorized to award $4,950,000 to increase service capacity in Thurston County or Mason County by 16 crisis triage and stabilization beds. The successful awardee must accept law enforcement drop offs and holds. After this minimum requirement is met, funding may be used to establish additional behavioral health services, such as at 23-hour recliners, at the same facility.
Commerce, in collaboration with the Department of Health and the Health Care Authority, hosted a pre-application webinar on Zoom on November 20, 2024. Access the recording on Vimeo.
For more information, see the Notice of Funding Opportunity (PDF) and program guidelines under the Resources section (Reports, guidelines and information).
To apply, please access ZoomGrants
- The Eligibility Screening is due February 21, 2025, by 11:59 p.m.
- Applications are due February 28, 2025, by 11:59 p.m.