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Department of Mental Health outlines budget, staffing and rising service costs
Summary
DMH Commissioner Emily Hawes summarized department responsibilities, said DMH runs two state facilities and manages a roughly $339 million budget serving over 25,000 Vermonters, and flagged rising transport and forensic-evaluation costs and travel-nurse reliance at facilities.
Emily Hawes, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Mental Health, told the House Committee on Health Care that DMH manages the state's mental-health system, a budget of roughly $339 million and services for more than 25,000 Vermonters.
Hawes said DMH oversees 10 designated agencies and two specialized service agencies, operates the Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital (described as a 25-bed facility for adults under the commissioner’s care) and River Valley Therapeutic Residence (a 16-bed secure residential treatment facility), and runs grants and contracts for community and forensic…
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