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Human Services lays out opioid-abatement vans, SNAP/Medicaid workload risks and staffing requests
Summary
Human Services Director Ali Smith described opioid-abatement collaborations (prevention vans, a regional 'Wow Van' treatment van) and warned of federal SNAP and Medicaid policy changes (expanded work requirements, cost-share on error rates) that will raise local workload; she requested a small number of new positions and described staffing vacancies affecting caseloads.
Ali Smith, director of Human Services, briefed the council on program priorities and policy risks affecting service delivery. "A big item for us is the opioid abatement programs," she said, summarizing coordinated efforts with police, EMS, health and schools that include prevention vans and a regional treatment "Wow Van" staffed by clinical personnel. Smith said both vans are expected to be operational in about six months and will be shared on a regional schedule.
Smith warned…
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