Victoria County commissioners to discuss mental health task force
Victoria AdvocateNov 19, 2018
Commissioners will review an agreement between the county and the Gulf Bend Center, which provides mental health treatment for seven counties in the
The task force began last year in an effort to provide badly needed mental health support in the area and to try to divert people who need treatment away from local jails, where they frequently end up. In the first year of the task force, there were just two officers total: one from the
Now, thanks to more funding from the state, the number of sheriff's deputies participating in the task force will increase from one to five. The sheriff's office is still looking to hire deputies for the positions.
Also Monday, commissioners will discuss the
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