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Saratoga County committee approves MOU for youth crisis residence and accepts jail medication funding increases
Summary
The Saratoga County Health and Human Services Committee on July 1 authorized a memorandum of understanding with Saint Anne's Institute to support a small youth crisis residence called The Beacon and accepted state opioid stewardship and targeted inflationary funds to pay for medication-assisted treatment in the county jail.
The Saratoga County Health and Human Services Committee on July 1 authorized a memorandum of understanding with Saint Anne's Institute to collaborate on a short-term crisis residence for youth and accepted multiple state funding increases intended to support medication-assisted treatment in the county jail.
The agreement with Saint Anne's will support operation of a crisis residence called The Beacon, a small stabilization program of about five or six beds in Albany intended to serve youth ages 12 to 17 and be available to Saratoga County residents.
Megan, speaking for the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, said, "They are opening a crisis residence again…
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