Roy's Desert Springs

About the Program

Category: Health (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

Due to recent Adult Residential Facility (ARF) closures, lack of funding to build new facilities, and inadequate supportive housing options, individuals with mental illness have limited access to sustainable community housing and appropriate levels of care. Because of this, many individuals discharged from acute in-patient treatment programs, Crisis Residential Treatment (CRT) programs, and/or correctional institutions, find themselves in a “revolving door” scenario; in and out of inundated high-level crisis programs, hospitals, jails, or faced with homelessness. Since opening in 2020, Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health’s (RUHS-BH) Roy’s Desert Springs Augmented Adult Residential Facility has provided the Coachella Valley community access to safe, high-quality, residential care rooted in a recovery and wellness philosophy that promotes self-efficacy of consumers to manage their chronic conditions. By incorporating a Wellness Plus Living Program (WPLP), and collaboration with on-campus Full-Service Partnership behavioral health services (Windy Springs Wellness Center) and a permanent supportive housing community (The Path), Roy’s Desert Springs has provided a continuum of care and prevented over 200 people suffering from mental illness from falling into homelessness.