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County to trim over $600,000 from mental health budget as a precaution

Service agencies won't receive anticipated 2 percent increase funding

 

By Lauris Olson

AmesNewsOnline

 

(May 22, 2012 – 6 p.m.) Story County plans to trim between $500,00 and  $750,000 from its 2013 budget in reaction to the state legislature’s 11th hour passage of a new funding system for mental health services.

Original estimates placed the county’s potential shortage for the year that begins July 1 as high as $2 million. 
Some of the cuts could be temporary, lasting only until February.

County to discuss upcoming deficits in mental health service funding

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State funding for year beginning July 1 could be $2 million short and funding in later years estimated to be $800,000 less

By Lauris Olson
AmesNewsOnline

(May 17, 2012 – 1:30 p.m.) Story County will begin working through administrative problems with its current community mental health center and a possible shortage in funding for future mental health services.

The Story County Board of Supervisors will talk about both issues during their Tuesday, May 22, meeting. While both deal with mental health services, one issue has no bearing on the other.

Registration now open for 12th annual Hope Run for Hospice

By Steve Sullivan
Mary Greeley Medical Center

 

(May 16, 2012) Mary Greeley Medical Center will host the 12th Annual Hope Run for Hospice on Saturday, June 16. The event will include 5K and 10K races, a non-competitive one mile walk/run, and the Hope Run Jr. for youth ages 10 and under.

 

All funds raised at the event benefit the Israel Family Hospice House, a 12-bed inpatient unit in west Ames, operated by HOMEWARD Hospice of Mary Greeley Medical Center. The staff and volunteers at the hospice house are specially trained in the various aspects of end-of-life care and focus on the physical, emotional and spiritual comfort for both the patient and their family.

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