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Board extends Plumlee's Board and Care agreement to 2027 as county seeks more local residential placements

3748599 · January 22, 2025
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Kings County Behavioral Health won board approval to extend its agreement with Plumlee's Board and Care through June 30, 2027. County officials said the Visalia facility provides 15 beds and served 20 Kings County residents in FY 2023–24, while supervisors pressed staff to recruit more local boarding care capacity.

Kings County supervisors on June 10 approved an amendment to extend the county’s agreement with Plumlee’s Board and Care in Visalia for two years, running through June 30, 2027, Behavioral Health staff told the board.

Polo Ortiz, deputy director of Kings County Behavioral Health, described Plumlee’s as a 15-bed adult residential facility licensed under California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 6, that operates 24 hours a day to serve adults with severe or persistent mental…

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