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LaSalle County board hears expansion of crisis services as 708 contracts win approval
Summary
LaSalle County Mental Health 708 Board and two regional providers described growing mobile crisis response capacity, coordination with 988 and 911, workforce shortages and local statistics; the county board then approved LaSalle County 708 mental health contracts by roll call.
LaSalle County board members heard a detailed briefing on local mental-health crisis services and voted to approve county 708 mental health contracts after presentations from the 708 board and two regional providers.
The LaSalle County 708 Mental Health Board’s part‑time director, Don Miskovich, told the board the 708 levy funds about 5% of the budgets for nine agencies the board partially supports and that the board focuses on being a “payer of last resort.” He said agencies funded by the 708 board served 5,500 individuals and families in fiscal 2024, reached about 30,000 people with community education, and delivered roughly 424,000 units of service; he described a recent three‑year plan and work to modernize service‑funding guidelines.
Nut graf: The presentation stressed that state changes — notably…
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