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Designated agencies warn erosion of community mental-health services will increase crisis and emergency use
Summary
Amy Johnson of Vermont Care Partners told the House Healthcare Committee that designated agencies and specialized service agencies provide mostly Medicaid-funded, community-based behavioral-health services; funding shortfalls and high vacancy rates are eroding upstream supports and pushing more people into crisis services.
Amy Johnson, director of government affairs and communications for Vermont Care Partners, told the House Healthcare Committee on Jan. 15 that the state's designated agencies and specialized service agencies provide a broad community-based system of behavioral-health care and that funding and workforce shortfalls are eroding prevention and upstream services.
Johnson said designated agencies cover a range of services'children's mental health, adult services, crisis response, community rehabilitation treatment and residential supports'and that many services are delivered in homes, schools and community settings rather than in…
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