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DCF outlines regional behavioral-health collaboratives, citing House Bill 70 21 and local work groups
Summary
Idris Gaines of the Florida Department of Children and Families described a five-phase rollout of regional behavioral-health interagency collaboratives tied to "house bill 70 21," three core local work groups and early examples such as UCF Restores that target first-responder trauma support.
Idris Gaines, Northeast Regional Operations Manager for the Department of Children and Families's program office of substance abuse and mental health, told the Clay County meeting that the agency is implementing regional behavioral-health interagency collaboratives to move policy into local practice. "It is a significant evolution of Florida's behavioral health strategy," Gaines said, adding that the effort responds to a 2024 recommendation by the Florida Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
Gaines said the collaboratives were implemented in connection with what he referred to in the transcript as…
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