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Warren County behavioral health official outlines FY24 spending, service changes and planned step-down facility
Summary
A county behavioral health presenter said FY24 was the first year the agency spent its full budget, announced provider changes that shifted roughly 800 clients to Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services, noted rising suicide rates and described a regional 16-bed step-up/step-down facility coming to Lebanon this fall.
A presenter identified as Amy gave the Warren County commissioners an overview of the local behavioral-health board's FY24 annual report, program changes and plans to bolster crisis and prevention services.
"FY24 is the first year that we actually did spend out our budget," Amy said, describing work to balance contracts and contend with funding changes. She said the board is planning for fiscal uncertainty tied to Medicaid and potential property-tax changes and is meeting with providers to preserve mandated services.
Amy said Solutions Community Counseling, a long-time provider, closed in February and Greater Cincinnati…
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