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Staff warn cuts to EMHIT could reduce school-based clinicians and prompt layoffs
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County health and school partners said the state reduced EMHIT funding from $15 million to $10 million and changed allocation rules, reducing the number of liaison positions schools can apply for and potentially eliminating some in-school clinician roles for students who rely on those services.
Sedgwick County staff updated commissioners on April 21 about changes to the state EMHIT school-based mental-health program and the potential local impacts. Staff said the state scaled the program's budget from $15 million to $10 million and modified the allocation formula, a change that could significantly reduce the number of liaison positions and clinician availability in local schools.
Anna, speaking for county behavioral-health programs, said EMHIT previously funded a large share of…
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