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Local providers press for flexible behavioral-health funding; livestream project seeks $2.5M for dementia respite care
Summary
A coalition of behavioral-health providers and community organizations urged the delegation to sustain and expand funding for mental health services, with requests for more flexible state funding that can be redirected to urgent needs. Gene McGee described a $2.5 million proposal to create respite and longer-term beds for seniors with dementia to
Multiple behavioral-health providers and community groups asked the delegation for continued and more flexible funding to meet growing local needs.
Gene McGee described a proposed $2.5 million project that would provide a front-end community response for seniors with cognitive decline and a back-end conversion of 16 forensic beds to longer-term dementia-care capacity. "We're gonna come in and ask you to…
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