County creates Clinical and Community Services Department to centralize behavioral health, juvenile prevention programs

Sep 2, 2025

The commission adopted an ordinance to create a new Clinical and Community Services Department that combines county mental‑health, institutional services, truancy prevention and diversion programs, with a stated goal of creating centralized intake, care coordination and Medicaid billing capacity.

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Clark County commissioners voted on Sept. 2 to adopt an ordinance creating a new Clinical and Community Services Department (added as Chapter 2.74 to Title 2 of the Clark County Code) to consolidate behavioral‑health services, institutional mental‑health teams, truancy prevention and diversion programs.

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