Health Department: recent state cuts offset by grants; current services expected to continue
The county response division described recent state funding reductions to alternative response and LEAD programs but said braided revenue and new grants — including a sheriff's-office award that provides about $400,000 annually for two years — should maintain service levels for now.
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Melora, representing the county Response Systems Division, outlined program responsibilities including alternative response teams, a small street-medicine team, and partnerships on therapeutic courts and an overdose prevention pilot. She said legislative cuts that took effect July 1 reduced some state funding for Alternative Response by roughly 30% and left about a $200,000 annual gap for LEAD-related funding from the Health Care Authority.
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