Department of Social & Health Services: Transforming Lives for a Brighter Future
The Department of Social & Health Services is embarking on a bold 10-year plan to combat poverty and improve mental health care, focusing on community treatment centers and forensic excellence. They are dedicated to providing top-notch care to clients at home while standing against racism. The department is working on a resilient budget to enhance services efficiently and expand support programs. Through these initiatives, they aim to create a positive impact on society and offer better assistance to those in need.
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Department of Social & Health Services: Our Future Transforme d Secretary Cheryl Strange Loni Greninger, Jamestown S Klallam Tribe Vice Chair
We have a bold 10-year plan to dismantle poverty
We are transforming mental health care By building capacity in community treatment centers And creating centers of forensic excellence
Supporting clients at home, with the best care, the best life
We stand as an anti-racist organization
Building a resilient budget Offsetting growth in services with required 15% reductions Proposed Growth Proposed Growth Proposed Reductions Proposed Reductions Caseload & Caseload & Utilization Utilization TANF, Food Assistance, Nursing Homes, Community Placements, Individual Providers Program time limits, raising acuity for eligibility Closing state hospital wards and a Residential Habilitation Center, delay opening Child Study & Treatment Center cottage Service Service Expansion Expansion State hospital programs, community supports, food & cash Workload & Workload & Staffing Staffing Staff requests for normal caseload growth Furloughs, hiring freezes, staff layoffs, scheduled wage increase Reduce use of contracted providers Increased rates for behavioral health, nursing homes, managed personal care services Provider Rates Provider Rates New forensic psychiatric hospital, community-based behavioral health facilities, new DD nursing home *Capital budget funded from bond sales, not under constraints of operating funds. Capital Budget* Capital Budget* Northwest Tribal Art by Odin Lonning
