EAU CLAIRE â The Eau Claire County Department of Human Services has considerably better financial numbers this year compared to previous years.
Through the first 10 months of 2020, the department has revenue losses of $1.02 million and spending savings of about $980,000, resulting in an overall deficit of just under $40,000. That number represents far lower overages than last year. Through October 2019, DHS had losses of $2.69 million.
The DHS Board received this information during its meeting Monday. The three areas that constitute the vast majority of the revenue shortage are intergovernmental grants and aid, which has losses of $345,701; intergovernmental charges for services, which has a deficit of $571,037; and public charges for services, which has losses of $115,707.
EAU CLAIRE â The Eau Claire Police Department this year has expanded its crisis intervention program to better work with people with mental illness.
As of Friday, the Police Department has responded to 1,347 mental health calls in 2020, which is about 5% of the departmentâs total calls for service.
And countless other police service calls contain some type of mental health component, said Sgt. Bridget Coit, who oversees the crisis intervention program for the Police Department.
âThis year we expanded crisis intervention training within our department,â she said. âWe strive for quality training so we can keep current on mental health issues.â
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