County Of LOS Angeles

County Of LOS Angeles Department Of Mental Health, a division of the county government, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering community mental health infrastructure and crisis intervention services to vulnerable populations. The department has received thirteen federal awards since 2010, with eleven as prime recipient (85%) and two as sub-recipient under state pass-through grants. The department's footprint is entirely grant-funded; it holds no federal contracts or contract vehicles.

The department's grant work concentrates in three federal customer agencies. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 anchors the portfolio with five awards totaling $4.7 million in combined potential value. The Department of Health and Human Services funds the remainder through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (three awards) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (two awards, including a $1.5 million Project Grant under Congressional Directives CFDA 93.493). The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs issued one award. Award categorization shows concentration in behavioral and mental health services (four awards) and other community housing services (five awards).

Representative prime recipient work includes a $1.5 million HRSA Congressional Directives grant awarded September 2024 for construction of a 33,500-square-foot mental health urgent care and substance withdrawal management facility at LAG MC Restorative Care Village in Los Angeles, California, with completion targeted for September 2027. A second HRSA-funded project grant awarded September 2022 (Ultimate Completion Date August 2025) supports a mental health hub on the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center campus in Sylmar, providing triage, mental health assessments, crisis interventions, and trauma-informed treatment planning for children and youth in or at-risk of entering the foster care system. The department also sub-receives funding under two California Department of Health Care Services grants issued July 2025: the PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) program and the MHBG (Mental Health Block Grant).

The portfolio shows minimal recent growth — two awards in 2025, one in 2024 — following a hiatus in 2023 and 2021. Combined obligated dollars ($46.9 million) significantly exceed combined potential value ($4.7 million), reflecting full performance and close-out of prior-year grants. The department operates under the parent County Of LOS Angeles Chief Executive Office structure.