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Program Description

  Specialty Behavioral Health Services

Specialty Behavioral Health Services is comprised of the Adult Drug Court Treatment Program, the Medication Assisted Treatment Program (MAT), and the Urine Monitoring Program. The Drug Court program delivers outpatient and intensive outpatient levels of care, in addition to psychiatric interventions and medication assisted treatment. The MAT program works with opioid and alcohol use disorders and delivers methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone therapies. The Urine Monitoring Program is an onsite Urinalysis Collection Program which monitors for substance use within these programs, the Mental Health Court program, Child Welfare, and Probation and Parole.

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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
Number of Specialty Behavioral Health Services clients served 1178264275300300
1  Programs included: Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient Program, Medication Assisted treatment Program, Jail Medication Assisted Treatment Program, Urine Monitoring Program, DUI Court, and Adult Drug Court. The increase in clients is due in part to the successful expansion of the Medication Assisted Treatment program in jails. The number of clients also increased within DUI Court and outpatient clinics. The program expects continued growth.
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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved380994025.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.12622748.00
FY26 Recommended507221433.00