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Hamilton Center gives Greene County fiscal‑year 2023–24 service and cost update
Summary
Hamilton Center reported service volumes and a financial summary for fiscal year 2023–24, including outpatient and inpatient counts, payroll and program expense totals and county-level charges; council members asked for year‑to‑year comparisons and clarifications.
A Hamilton Center representative told the Greene County Council that the provider served 268 children (ages 0–17), 690 adults (ages 18–64) and 42 people age 65 and older during fiscal year 2023–24, with 15 total inpatient days for Greene County consumers and roughly 20,620 outpatient service contacts.
The representative told the council that salaries and benefits charged to Greene County were $1,200,000, other expenses were $824,204, and inpatient-care costs were $208,380, for a stated total expense of $2,320,802. The representative also said Charity Care (services provided without charge) totaled $78,436 and listed a Greene County amount of $184,013; the transcript did not define the line labeled “Greene County tax.”
The council asked whether the 20,620 outpatient entries could include repeat clients; the Hamilton Center representative said they could: “That would be services. So it could be the same person for several days.” A council member asked whether the 268 children represented an increase from the prior year; the representative said she did not have the previous‑year figure in front of her but said she would provide it on request.
Council members also asked where staff are based. The representative said some staff work out of Bloomfield, Inlet and Craig sites and that the system’s main campus is in Cherryhope, which houses child and adolescent services.
No formal action was taken on the report; it was presented as an informational update. The council requested historical comparisons and additional staffing detail for a future meeting.
The report as presented did not break down outpatient contacts into unique individuals or days of service beyond the representative’s clarification that counts could include repeat clients.
