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Behavioral-health provider asks Young County for much larger contribution; commissioners table request to budget workshop
Summary
A regional behavioral-health and intellectual-disability services provider asked Young County to increase its annual contribution substantially under a funding formula; commissioners agreed to table the request for consideration at a budget workshop.
Representatives seeking county support for public behavioral-health and intellectual-disability services asked Young County to increase its contribution under a formula the provider uses to allocate partner funding.
County staff summarized previous contributions: the county gave roughly $34,344 last year, and the provider’s recalculated request for the current cycle was described in the meeting as $94,000 under the formula (participants also referenced a larger figure of $674,000 in the discussion, which appeared to combine multiple funding requests or a broader program total). Staff explained that the provider’s request is driven by grant-based funding rules that ask partner jurisdictions to cover a percentage of grant funding based on serviced-intake volumes.
Commissioners said the proposed increase was large relative to prior years and that the request should be examined in the context of the county budget. One commissioner suggested the item be tabled to a budget workshop so the court can review financial capacity and place the request in the county’s budget priorities.
The court voted to table the request for the next budget workshop; no additional funding was committed at the meeting.
Commissioners noted the matter is a budget issue and expressed interest in reviewing the provider’s formula and the county’s capacity to increase support before making a change to contributions.
