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Commissioners allocate and flag behavioral-health items: HUD replacement, 0Suicide coordinator and expanded substance-use treatment
Summary
During budget deliberations commissioners tentatively funded several behavioral-health items and flagged others for future review, including the permanent supportive housing HUD replacement request, a 0Suicide coordinator funding split (ongoing vs. one-time), and a request to expand Mirror substance-use services.
Douglas County commissioners reviewed multiple behavioral-health budget requests on Tuesday and reached tentative positions on a set of items while flagging others for follow-up.
On permanent supportive housing and a HUD grant replacement, commissioners discussed options to fund ongoing operating costs from the behavioral health sales tax fund, the general fund, or as one-time dollars while pursuing federal HUD support. Commissioners repeatedly described the HUD replacement as a service-area need that may require federal help as well; staff provided two figures: an ongoing cost of $321,032 and a one-time carryover…
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