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County mental‑health interim director outlines five‑year assisted outpatient treatment expansion
Summary
Interim Director Lindy White told the Human Services Committee that new state funding will expand an assisted outpatient treatment program intended to reduce hospitalizations and avoid court‑ordered care; the award will cover five years of programming.
Lindy White, Interim Director of Allegany County Community Mental Health Services, told the Human Services Committee on June 17 that operations have been steady since Dr. Anderson’s retirement and that the department received state funding to enhance an assisted outpatient treatment program.
White said the funding is sufficient to cover five years of the program, which aims to support people with mental‑health issues outside hospitals and reduce the need for court‑ordered treatment. She did not provide a detailed budget breakdown in the meeting minutes; the committee acknowledged the update and no formal vote was required at the meeting.
White said staff will present more details to the committee in a future meeting as program implementation advances.
