Topic Area: Housing & Homelessness

This is a comprehensive community resource guide for the Albuquerque area that serves as an essential navigation tool for behavioral health systems change by documenting the current landscape of available services across mental health, substance use, crisis care, and social support sectors.

This 2015 resolution formally commits Bernalillo County to the national Stepping Up Initiative, establishing a framework to reduce the number of people with mental illness in the Metropolitan Detention Center through multi-agency collaboration and data-driven interventions.

This report is a comprehensive system analysis of Bernalillo County's criminal justice and behavioral health intersections, offering 25 prioritized recommendations to reduce incarceration and improve outcomes for people with mental illness and substance use disorders through better diversion, reentry services, and cross-system coordination.

This Legislative Finance Committee analysis examines New Mexico's fragmented behavioral health system, revealing that despite substantial investment across 17 state agencies totaling over $1.1 billion, the lack of coordinated state planning results in persistent service gaps and poor outcomes including the 49th ranking for adult substance use disorder nationally.

This document presents the Behavioral Health Advisory Board's ranked priorities for FY2026-2027 service solicitation, providing direct guidance on which behavioral health services Bernalillo County should fund and expand.

This slide summarizes Bernalillo County's Behavioral Health Initiative funding allocations, contracted services, and horizon projects, offering a snapshot of how GRT-funded dollars are being deployed across the county's behavioral health system.

This reference chart maps all BHI-funded service areas and program names across four focus areas, making it essential for systems planners, providers, and advocates who need a quick overview of what the BHI funds and where services are organized.

This governance diagram illustrates how subcommittees, a Steering Committee, and the governing body interact to review, vet, and allocate BHI funds — making it the essential reference for anyone seeking to engage with or influence BHI decision-making.

This 2023 Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative Working Group report provides comprehensive recommendations for transforming fragmented behavioral health services into a coordinated system of care through structural reorganization, strategic partnerships, and enhanced funding mechanisms.

This 2002 comprehensive statewide assessment of behavioral health needs and gaps in New Mexico provides foundational prevalence data, system barrier analysis, and detailed recommendations that remain relevant for understanding structural challenges facing behavioral health systems change in Bernalillo County and throughout the state.