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County accepts $281,565 state grant for early psychosis program; drug and alcohol contracts extended amid state grant timing

5451003 · July 23, 2025
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The commissioners accepted a $281,565.78 state grant to expand a first-episode psychosis program and approved six-month extensions of multiple drug and alcohol provider contracts while the state updates a five-year grant agreement.

Centre County commissioners accepted a state grant award July 22 of $281,565.78 to support a first-episode psychosis program for July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, county staff said. The grant will expand services and allow the county to connect participants from neighboring counties to clinical services provided locally.

Why it matters. The nut graf: officials said the first-episode psychosis program connects young people experiencing initial psychotic episodes to medication management, therapy, case management and peer supports—services intended to stabilize participants and improve…

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