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Outside agencies request $1.2 million in Ellis County support for 2027; Care Council to review
Summary
Multiple outside agencies presented their 2027 funding requests totaling $1,207,304 (a $53,464 increase from 2026). Commissioners said the Care Council, per a 2024 direction, will review the requests and return recommendations to the commission.
Representatives of multiple outside agencies provided updates and submitted budget requests for county funding in 2027, which together represent an increase from 2026 totals.
The packet and oral reports list agency requests such as Grow Hays ($165,000), High Plains Mental Health ($393,106 requested, up from $378,604 in 2026), the Ellis County Historical Society ($115,000), DSNWK and affiliated services, and others. The combined requests in the materials total $1,207,304, an increase of $53,464 from 2026 levels. Commissioners noted that, following a 2024 commission decision, the Care Council will review these agencies and present funding recommendations at a future commission meeting; the commission did not take final funding actions on these requests at this session.
The minutes record commissioners thanked the agencies for their presentations but do not include additional detail about individual agency pitches or staff recommendations to the commission.
