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Tooele County Human Services revises local behavioral‑health contracting, seeds new programs
Summary
The county’s Human Services director described a new contracting approach for about $3.5 million in behavioral‑health pass‑through funds, shifting some services from fee‑for‑service contracting to direct county agreements to increase flexibility, oversight and new pilots including jail peer support and a youth day‑treatment pilot.
Peter Clegg, director of Tooele County Human Services, told the council on Oct. 7 that the department has revised how it distributes roughly $3.5 million in state and federal behavioral‑health pass‑through dollars and has executed new agreements with local providers to increase flexibility, oversight and measurable outcomes.
Clegg said the county is designated as the local mental‑health and substance‑abuse authority “as per state code,” and that the total pass‑through funding is roughly $3.5 million. He said roughly $400,000 is earmarked for substance‑use‑disorder prevention and that the county currently contributes about $350,000 in matching funds for some program buckets.
Why it matters: Clegg said the county changed its…
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