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Board approves in-house respite care expansion at Youth & Family Services with 3 new behavioral health FTEs

5749164 · August 28, 2025
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Summary

The Board approved three full-time behavior-health specialist positions to provide respite care for children and adolescents at the county's Youth and Family Services facility after staff argued in-house care is cost-effective and more integrated with other services.

Johnson County commissioners voted unanimously to authorize three full-time behavior-health specialist positions at the Johnson County Mental Health Center to provide respite care services for children and adolescents at the Youth and Family Services (YFS) facility.

The Department of Mental Health presented…

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