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Davis Behavioral Health seeks modest county increase as state grant cuts loom
Summary
Davis Behavioral Health told the Davis County Budget Committee it is requesting a roughly 2.5% increase in county funding to offset state and federal grant variability, warn officials, who also flagged uncertainty over Medicaid rates and the future of the State Opioid Response program.
Davis Behavioral Health asked the Davis County Budget Committee for a modest county funding increase, citing shifting federal and state grant allocations and ongoing uncertainty about Medicaid rates and opioid-response funding. "A little over 240,000 services are provided to Davis County residents," said Brandon Hatch, director of Davis Behavioral Health, as he reviewed service volumes and client trends.
Hatch and Ronnie Westergaard, the center's chief financial officer, said the number of unique clients has fallen slightly while total service contacts have risen, a pattern they interpret as clients presenting with more severe needs. Officials reported crisis services are down by a little more than 1,000 contacts compared with the prior reporting window and said most crisis calls are driven by stress and suicidal risk,…
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