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Commissioners approve moving Alliance Health expansion proposal to consent agenda after presentation on service and funding options
Summary
Alliance Health presented a plan to expand behavioral-health and substance-use services in Cumberland County and outlined two funding options using an accumulated restricted fund balance. The board moved the proposal (option 1) to the April 21 consent agenda after discussion and a public review of program details and budgets.
Alliance Health presented a multi-part proposal to expand behavioral-health, substance-use and jail reentry services in Cumberland County and the Board of Commissioners voted to place Option 1 of the proposal on the April 21 consent agenda for final approval.
The presentation, led by Rob Robinson, chief executive officer of Alliance Health, with Kelly Gabela (chief financial officer) and county staff in the room, summarized services already added in the region and proposed three new county-funded programs: an integrated specialized primary-care clinic with Cape Fear Valley Health, a post-overdose response team, and a jail liaison/post-release care coordination team.
The proposal arises from several years of planning and an accumulation of restricted fund balance on Alliance’s books. Gabela said Alliance’s restricted fund balance for Cumberland County stood at “a little less than $9,000,000” as of…
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