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Waubonsee requests opioid-settlement funds to launch local outpatient substance-use program
Summary
Waubonsee Mental Health Center asked Page County supervisors for settlement funds to start outpatient substance-use services in Clarinda and expand access for Page County residents, citing combined mental-health and addiction care and listing startup costs including curriculum, transport vouchers and naloxone distribution.
Andrea Gomez, representing Waubonsee Mental Health Center, told supervisors the agency is licensed to provide outpatient substance-use treatment for juveniles and adults and asked for settlement funding to help start and sustain the program while the agency pursues reimbursement contracts.
Gomez outlined three funding categories: direct client services (screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment; transportation…
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