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County staff say House, Senate budget amendments provide mixed support for mental health, childcare and CSB services
Summary
Human services staff summarized amendments affecting behavioral health, community services, childcare pilots, Children's Services Act reimbursement, and community paramedicine reimbursement work, noting some funding reductions and areas where the county must track operational impacts.
Ariel McAloon, human services legislative liaison, briefed the committee on health and human services provisions in the House and Senate budget amendments and highlighted items that could affect Fairfax County service delivery.
McAloon said the House and Senate significantly reduced the governor—s proposed funding for special conservators of the peace in hospitals, leaving only a small portion of the original request. She also said both chambers included funding targeted at Marcus Alert and related new programs but that the funds were aimed primarily at new sites rather than sustaining existing county programs: "The county would not receive support from that [Marcus Alert] funding," McAloon said, urging a more equitable approach…
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