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County crisis ad hoc committee to pursue state legislative outreach, plans regional summit
Summary
Committee members said they will take a policy paper and coordinated asks to Madison on human services funding, will attend the state's human services day and plan a western-region crisis summit in April or early May to press legislators for funding.
Tanya (last name not specified) updated the committee on crisis-ad-hoc activities focused on behavioral-health/crisis services in western Wisconsin. She said staff drafted a follow-up paper defining the committee's specific funding asks and that many elements of the governor's draft budget align with the committee's priorities, although the executive budget is an initial proposal likely to change.
Tanya said the committee plans to participate in the state human-services day in Madison (rescheduled to March 27) and will send representatives (Lisa and Lee were named) to meet with legislators. She said the ad-hoc Western Region directors also plan a local crisis summit in Dunn County in April or early May and will invite county board representatives, legislators, county administrators and directors to discuss next steps and regional coordination. She said the Northern Region directors had agreed to join the effort as well.
Supervisor Olson added that a resolution from Winnebago County supporting expanded regional services had been significant in demonstrating broader support for the requests.
Why this matters: the outreach aims to secure state funding and policy changes to improve crisis and community-support programs across multiple regions by demonstrating coordinated local support to legislators.
Ending: The committee confirmed staff will pursue the planned Madison meetings and the regional summit and will circulate details for supervisors interested in attending.
