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York County outlines $17.8 million Human Services Block Grant proposal, highlights co-responder teams and addiction programs
Summary
York County Human Services presented an estimated $17.8 million 2025–26 block grant proposal that would fund mental health, intellectual/developmental disability, substance-use, homelessness and related programs; presenters emphasized co-responder teams, a PORT pilot, Narcan distribution and housing supports.
York County officials presented the proposed Human Services Block Grant budget for fiscal year 2025–26, estimating about $17.8 million in grant funds with a county match of roughly $604,000 (3.38%), Melissa Leathery, executive director of Human Services, told the Board of Commissioners.
The county said the block grant pools several funding streams into flexible allocations for local priorities, including mental-health and intellectual/developmental disability (IDD) community programs, substance-use services, and homeless assistance. “We are in the midst of working on the development of two programs, one in York and one in Adams County for behavioral crisis walk-in centers,” Leathery said, saying the centers are intended to divert people from emergency departments during behavioral-health crises.
Leathery said the 2025–26 Human…
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