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County approves amendment ending dedicated Radius Health ACT staff, retains $5,000 for client flex funds
Summary
Isanti County approved a contract amendment that removes a dedicated full‑time Radius Health staff position for assertive community treatment, returns about $124,583 to the adult mental health initiative budget and preserves $5,000 for client flex funds.
Isanti County commissioners on June 3 approved an amendment to a contract between Isanti County Health and Human Services (HHS), acting as fiscal host for the county’s adult mental health initiative, and Radius Health that ends the staffing portion of the agreement and keeps a small client‑flex fund.
The amendment, presented by Jody Donay, Isanti County human services division leader, removes the planned full‑time Radius Health position that had been budgeted at $124,583 and takes effect June 1; the staffing portion will end June 30, 2025. The amended agreement retains $5,000 earmarked for client flex funds to support people currently receiving assertive community treatment (ACT) services. Commissioners voted to approve the amendment by voice vote; the motion passed unanimously.
Donay described ACT as “intensive community‑based supports designed to assist people with serious and persistent mental illness,” and said Radius will continue to provide ACT services through its existing team as capacity allows. She said the previously budgeted salary for the dedicated staffer will be returned to the adult mental health initiative budget so the region can decide other uses for the funds.
Commissioners asked how the original salary had been shared across the region; Donay said the $124,583 staffing amount was shared among five counties — “so about $25,000 per county,” as described during the meeting — and that the funding is state grant money tied to the adult mental health initiative. Amanda Stevenson was identified as the planner who will continue work on the initiative for the county.
Motion and vote: Commissioner Berg moved to approve the contract amendment; Commissioner Westerberg seconded. Commissioners voted in favor with no recorded dissents.
The amendment does not change other contract terms, Donay said. County staff indicated the money returned to the initiative budget will be redistributed through the initiative’s governing processes.
No public comment accompanied this item during the meeting; the board approved the amendment as presented.
