Mental overall health services concentration of Douglas County town corridor meeting

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners held a city corridor assembly at Metropolitan Group College Thursday night to talk about, and get responses on, stage two of its Mental Health and fitness Facilities Study.The review is focused on how Douglas County prioritizes mental well being and will assess the ideal use for the county’s ARPA cash.”This, to me, is an remarkable possibility for us to do what we have talked about for a long time,” Mary Ann Borgeson, the chair of the Douglas County Board, stated.Section one of the research examined the current problems of Douglas County psychological wellbeing facilities.Section two is focused on the proposed advancement of either different Corrections and Neighborhood Mental Health and fitness facilities or just one merged psychological wellness facility.”Almost 50 p.c of our mental health facility staff members already work with our jail staff members and the folks who are in the jail, who have mental wellbeing illness as they go into the jail, all those individuals should not have to go to jail in order to get their mental wellness companies,” Borgeson said.Douglas County established apart $50 million for this venture but is not going to know how considerably of the ARPA income will go to the undertaking right until the county board has a established plan.There will be two much more city hall meetings on this subject: Monday, Sept. 19, Tuesday, Oct. 4 and Tuesday, Oct. 18.Borgeson states they really should have a prepare in put by the conclusion of 2022.