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Bernalillo County adopts three‑year Behavioral Health Authority strategic plan with narrow edits
Summary
The county commission approved a multi‑department strategic plan to expand crisis response, data systems and sustainable funding for behavioral health services. Commissioners unanimously amended language on naloxone distribution and narrowly removed a reference to overdose prevention/safe‑use sites.
Bernalillo County commissioners on Jan. 28 voted 5–0 to approve a three‑year Behavioral Health Authority strategic plan that lays out a new organizational structure, crisis response expansion, data‑driven oversight and a sustainable funding strategy.
The ordinance creating the Behavioral Health Authority and requiring a strategic plan was adopted in June 2024. The Jan. 28 plan formalizes a three‑department structure — a Department of Integrated Services, a Department of Behavioral Health Services and a Department of Operational Support — intended to coordinate prevention, crisis response, treatment and long‑term recovery supports.
Why it matters: Commissioners and staff described the plan as a framework to move county operations from crisis…
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