By The Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral WellnessThe Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness is proud to announce the receipt of grant funding in the amount of $500,000 per year from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), awarded for the next four years. These funds will support additional staffing for the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) services, improving care for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI). For more information on the AOT program, visit the Behavioral Wellness website here. For more information about the County of Santa Barbara Department of Behavioral Wellness, visit https://www.countyofsb.org/274/Behavioral-Wellness. For assistance accessing Behavioral Wellness services, call the 24/7 Crisis Response and Services Access Line at (888) 868-1649.
