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Regional mental-health planning updates; commissioners approve county opioid-grant application and a higher pay step for a Mental Health Court caseworker
Summary
Charlie Campisi of Hill Country Mental Health gave a regional update on diversion center planning and provider capacity; the court authorized staff to submit an opioid recovery grant application and approved a salary exemption to hire a licensed-caseworker for the county mental-health court.
Charlie Campisi, a long-time Hays County resident and member of the Hill Country Mental Health Developmental Disability board, briefed the court on regional mental-health developments and diversion-center planning at the May 20 meeting.
Campisi’s presentation: Campisi described regional planning work after the Uvalde shootings, noting a large increase in local service demand in Uvalde (hundreds of new weekly clients at regional clinics) and the ongoing construction of a 32-bed long-term mental-health facility near Uvalde. He reported that the behavioral advisory team (BAT)…
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