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Treatment sales tax advisory committee presents strategic plan; committee seeks landscape analysis and grant‑support capacity
Summary
Thurston County’s Treatment Sales Tax advisory committee presented a 2024–2025 strategic plan on Feb. 26 that calls for a landscape analysis of behavioral‑health services, formalized coordination among providers and a funding framework to preserve TST dollars amid tighter revenues.
The Treatment Sales Tax advisory committee presented its 2024–2025 strategic plan to the Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 26, asking the board to review recommendations that include a landscape analysis of local behavioral‑health services, stronger interagency coordination and targeted funding priorities to protect and stretch treatment‑sales‑tax dollars.
John Preheide, director of Thurston County Public Health and Social Services, summarized the plan’s origins: during the prior biennium there was sufficient TST funding to meet requests, but recent revenue constraints and increased community needs led the advisory committee to adopt a specific TST strategic plan to guide scarce resources. The committee’s stated vision is “empowering health and well‑being through behavioral health support and services,” and its mission emphasizes outcome‑driven…
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