BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

The WSCCOG is developing a Westside Regional Behavioral Health Services Strategic Roadmap that would serve all adults, including people experiencing homelessness, and include crisis and step-down services. In August 2025, the WSCCOG executed a contract with Capstone Solutions Consulting Group, LLC and held a kickoff meeting with the Behavioral Health Steering Committee, which includes a staff representative from the four smaller WSCCOG cities of Beverly Hills, Culver City, Santa Monica, and West Hollywood. Capstone is building upon on previous research and incorporating city-specific insights to inform both short- and long-term strategies for regional behavioral health services.

In September 2022, the WSCCOG convened a special board meeting and invited Be Well OC to share about their behavioral health programs and approaches in Orange County. WSCCOG board members and staff unanimously expressed their support to further explore this initiative. In 2022, the City of Santa Monica contracted with Initium Health, and later with Capstone Solutions Consulting Group (Capstone), to assess the gaps in adult intensive behavioral health services (i.e., intensive outpatient treatment, substance use disorder (SUD) residential treatment, crisis services, intensive treatment services) in Santa Monica and across Service Planning Area (SPA) 5. In its final report “The Strengthening the System of Intensive Behavioral Healthcare Services for Adults in Santa Monica and Service Planning Area 5” (click here for more information), Capstone identified services that do not exist in SPA 5, services that exist but with insufficient capacity, and recommendations to expand adult intensive behavioral health services.

For more information, please contact Ana Cuevas-Flores at ana@estolanoadvisors.com.

Updated May 16, 2025