The project will convert the historic Monastery of the Angels into a 4-acre behavioral health campus.
Officials Monday broke ground on a new behavioral health campus in the Hollywood Hills developed by Homeboy Industries, aimed at expanding treatment and recovery services for formerly incarcerated individuals and others struggling with substance use disorders.
The project, known as"Home of the Angels,'' is backed by nearly $25 million in state funding through the California Department of Health Care Services, officials said.The project will convert the historic Monastery of the Angels at 1977 Carmen Ave. into a 4-acre behavioral health campus. Homeboy Industries, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that serves formerly incarcerated and gang-involved individuals, will operate the campus as part of its reentry-focused programs. When completed, the site will include a 50-bed residential treatment facility, 10 peer respite beds offering short-term support and 40 outpatient treatment slots, according to officials. "Healing happens when people are received with tenderness and held in community,'' Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, said in a statement."Home of the Angels reflects what we have always believed atState officials said the project is part of a broader effort to expand behavioral health infrastructure and treatment capacity across California, funded in part by Proposition 1.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news."Home of the Angels reflects the community-rooted solutions that the Newsom Administration is advancing, bringing treatment and recovery services under one roof and closer to the people who need them,'' said Michelle Baass, director of the Department of Health Care Services. Since 2021, the state has awarded billions of dollars to expand crisis care, residential treatment and outpatient services, with thousands of new treatment beds and slots planned statewide, officials said.
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