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Behavioral health expansion continues despite state payment pause; county used short-term loan to cover IGT timing
Summary
Behavioral Health Director Elise Jones described continued expansion of services funded by CalAIM and SUD funds, reported a $2 million short-term loan to cover IGT timing, and the board approved mental health and SUD budgets (mental health vote 4-1, SUD budgets 5-0).
Elise Jones, director of Lake County Behavioral Health, presented the department's FY2025''26 mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) budgets on June 24 and described ongoing service expansion under CalAIM and other funding. Jones said the department anticipates roughly $39.9 million in mental-health revenue and nearly $26 million in SUD revenue for the coming fiscal year.
Jones warned the board that the California Department of Health Care Services pauses certain intergovernmental transfer (IGT) payments each year…
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