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Construction awaits state funding.
RAPID CITY, S.D. The next step in crisis care is in the works right here in Rapid City but needs to jump through legislative hoops before becoming reality. A Crisis Stabilization Unit is planned to work in conjunction with the Care Campus and OneHeart.
Senate Bill 133 would approve $4.6 million dollars for the Department of Social Services to build the Crisis Stabilization Unit. To be built directly next to the Care Campus, the 13,000 square foot facility will expand the existing crisis care center and intertwine all available services.
“There are a lot of co-occurring disorders,” said Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom. “People have substance abuse issues with mental health so being able to address both of those in a one-stop shop setting makes it more efficient and more effective.”
Solano mental health efforts to take steps back with funding cuts
FAIRFIELD Solano County supervisors this week approved an $81.89 million, three-year Mental Health Services Act plan.
There is $30.13 million allocated for the current 2020-21 fiscal year, but the next two years see funding declines.
The 2021-22 allocation is $27.77 million and the 2022-23 allocation is $23.99 million.
The loss of anticipated funding, the board was told, will cut into programs that can help prevent or intercept more serious mental health issues.
For example, the supervisors were told that funding has to be set aside to pay for hospitalization costs, but some of the cuts are in areas that could keep at-risk individuals from having to go into hospitals in the first place.
SummitStone Health Partners Opens 16-Bed Inpatient Behavioral Health Facility
Share Article FORT COLLINS, Colo. (PRWEB) January 25, 2021 SummitStone Health Partners announces the grand opening of Garcia House, A Circle Program by SummitStone. Garcia House is named in honor of one of Larimer County’s most stalwart Substance Use Disorder (SUD) champions, Fred Garcia. It is one of only three Circle Programs within the State of Colorado.
Garcia House provides residential treatment for up to 16 residents who are working through co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (SUD), bringing our community one step closer to achieving the vision of providing a full continuum of care for adult SUD services within Northern Colorado. Length of stay will be determined by medical necessity and may be up to 90 days, with intensive support following discharge.
Polk County will offer a new wave of rent and utility assistance to residents who have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stacy Butterfield, Polk s comptroller and clerk of courts, announced Tuesday the county received an additional $21.8 million in federal funding to provide rental and utility assistance. It s always nice to get that in, then help the people of the county, Commission Chairman Rick Wilson said.
When will the funds be available?
County Manager Bill Beasley said the funds will become available in the upcoming weeks once the county has had a chance to adjust its Polk CARES guidelines to match the latest federal stipulations.
COVID-19 changed everything A look at mental health in 2020
Perhaps one of the biggest calamities of the year, with the impacts likely to be greater in the months and years ahead, we look at the the long term impacts on mental health brought on through the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent government reactions to it. Regional Director Jessica Odermann of Badlands Human Services talks more about this issue. Written By: Jackie Jahfetson | ×
A woman looks out the window, bearing a mask during the coronavirus pandemic. Isolation was one of the major impacts to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo Illustration by Metro Newspaper Service)