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Local task force credits collaboration for new crisis and treatment resources, warns children’s services will need more work
Summary
The county’s behavioral health task force reviewed past investments — including the Prime West Center, EMPATH, ACT and youth wraparound programs — and said children’s mental-health changes and federal/state funding uncertainty mean the task force must seek new, lower‑cost solutions and partners.
Jeff (identified as a task‑force participant) told the Beltrami County Board that the behavioral health task force has been meeting in various forms since 2016 and that collaborative work among law enforcement, Sanford Health, county agencies and community partners led to several locally delivered programs. “We were ahead of the game. We got these dollars, the facility was built,” he said, referring to the Prime West Center at the Sanford complex and other local initiatives.
Jeff described a sequence of projects developed through the task force: an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team that surrounds high‑need individuals with wraparound…
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