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County staff report high deferral rate at Riverbend as budget choices loom
Summary
Washington County staff reported a high rate of referrals declined by Riverbend’s new program and said the data so far raises questions about whether to retain a full residential model or move to a shelter-only approach as part of upcoming budget decisions.
Washington County Health & Human Services staff reported on June 25 that most referrals to Riverbend’s newly retooled program are being deferred and said the early data will inform a potential decision this summer about whether to keep a comprehensive residential program or pursue a shelter-only option.
Julie (county staff) told the committee the program’s referral-to-admission data are incomplete but troubling: referrals are being made, yet a large share are not admitted. Julie said Riverbend reported deferral rates in the “sixty-eighth percentile” for June and later described an overall deferral rate “around 63 percent,” with the leading reasons being “no appropriate match” (a cited “milieu fit”) and cases where the referring county did not respond when Riverbend followed up.
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