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State seeks millions to expand Free Through Recovery and Community Connect care coordination programs
Summary
Agency officials told the Appropriations Committee their outcome-based programs that link behavioral health supports with other systems served roughly 1,400–1,500 people and the executive budget proposes increases to bring both programs to a 2,000-person monthly census over the next biennium.
Laura Anderson, policy director of the Behavioral Health Division, described two outcome-based care-coordination programs the department administers: Free Through Recovery, which serves justice-involved adults, and Community Connect, which serves community members not involved with the justice system. Anderson said both programs use care coordination and certified peer support specialists and pay providers when participants reach outcomes in domains such as housing, employment, recovery and law-enforcement interactions.
Free Through Recovery began in February 2018 as a partnership with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Anderson said referrals to the program come from parole and probation or through DOCR’s internal transition process. She said since 2018, more than 7,000 individuals have been served and that, as of the November program census, about 1,451 participants were active. Anderson told the committee the program prioritizes people…
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