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Bear River Health Department outlines budget cuts, service consolidation and youth prevention work in annual report
Summary
Bear River Health Department officials reported a strategic refocus, revenue declines and a move to consolidate substance-abuse and mental-health contracts under the department. Commissioners were told the department had already reduced staff and is negotiating contracts to allow mental-health services to be administered locally beginning July 1.
Representatives from the Bear River Health Department presented the department's annual report to the Box Elder County Commissioners, describing organizational priorities, recent budget reductions and plans to consolidate behavioral-health contracting.
Steve Hunt (presenter) summarized a strategic refresh that ties mission, values and priorities into a stated goal of —healthy people in thriving communities,— and he described a —virtuous cycle— linking organizational quality, partnerships and population health outcomes. Hunt said the department has already absorbed significant budget losses, calling attention to a line item labeled "health strategy" that he said represented roughly $2,500,000 and was now effectively removed from the budget. He said the…
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