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Livingston County mental health board reports program funding, services and enrollment for 2024
Summary
The county'affiliated Mental Health Board presented its 2024 annual report, showing program funding levels, client counts and new uses of opioid settlement funds; the board accepted the report by motion and voice vote.
Taylor Hartman, executive director of the Livingston County Mental Health Board, presented the board''s 2024 annual report at the March 13 meeting and described how county mental health levies and other funds were used across local programs.
Hartman highlighted IHR's family support program, started with opioid settlement funding, and said the program has "gone awesome this year." She told the county board that IHR received the bulk of 708 funds at almost $574,000 and that those funds support counseling, substance-use services, prevention and family case management.
Hartman also described several smaller programs funded in 2024. The Adaptive and Inclusive Recreation program (AIR) received about $17,000 from 377 funds, roughly double the prior year, which Hartman attributed to increased participation. Safe Journeys, a domestic-violence support organization, received $38,000 from 708 funds and provided services to 91 Livingston County residents in 2024. Futures Unlimited received about $490,000 across two levies and runs community day, employment and residential programs; the board-funded startup supported a new behavioral health clinic. Operation Snowball received just over $6,000 from 708 funds and served about 100 youth. An Infant and Toddler Enrichment Program sponsored by OSF received just under $12,500 from 377 funds and screened 26 children, with case management for 34.
Hartman also described the Premise Alert program, which allows individuals or guardians to submit information to BCOM so emergency responders are alerted about specific needs at addresses, and a community resource guide from ROSS (Recovery Oriented System of Care).
Board member Jack Vietti moved to accept the mental health board's annual report; Jim Blackard seconded. The board approved the report by voice vote.
The report packet included budget tables for the 708 and 377 levies and a list of mental-health board members and staff. Hartman said the family support program started with opioid settlement funds and that agencies hope to continue some services if additional settlement funds become available.
