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Program Description

  Access To Behavioral Health Services

Access to Behavioral Health Services connects uninsured and low-income consumers with mental health and/or substance abuse problems to the appropriate community services by providing information and referral, and behavioral health screenings and assessments. To provide effective engagement in needed services, program staff also provide short-term case management and psychiatric services to vulnerable clients, such as those recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital or jail until they can be linked to a community outpatient mental health program. More intensive social work services are provided to individuals with serious mental illness to ensure effective engagement in needed services and sufficient community supports to reduce negative outcomes and foster the wellness and recovery of the consumer. The Urine Monitoring Program serves clients referred by the courts, social service agencies, or behavioral health providers, and others required to submit to breathalyzer and urine surveillance or who require or request such screening and testing to support recovery from substance abuse.

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Program Contacts

Contact Monica Martin of the HHS - Behavioral Health and Crisis Services at 240-777-1488 or Grace Pedersen of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-773-1088 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY23Actual FY24Estimated FY25Target FY26Target FY27
Total number of unduplicated clients served 13,1713,8823,8003,8003,800
Percent of clients referred keeping first appointment with community provider 274%64%68%72%75%
Percent of customers satisfied with Access staff services 3100%92%95%95%95%
1  The program continues to see an increase in unduplicated client count through expansion to homeless shelters and parole and probation. These programs are front line serving centers for the targeted client population.
2  In FY24, program community aides found it more challenging to engage with clients as effectively as therapists had in the past, which may have contributed to decreased performance on this outcome measure.
3  The survey was distributed to 165 clients and 152 completed the survey. While satisfaction rate is high among these clients, response rate is impacted by lack of reliable smart phones and complex needs of the most vulnerable and low-income clients served.
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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved412351030.00
Enhance: Domestic Violence Shelter Contract Due to Increased Utilization4250000.00
Replace: Comply with State Requirement that Necessitates County Staff Assume Abuse Intervention Services1075005.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.-251787-5.00
FY26 Recommended440422330.00