Citizen Advocates drops out of plan to take over outpatient mental health care
Post-StarJun 11, 2020
The changeover has been in the works since November. Citizen Advocates had promised to hire all of the existing staff and increase services, particularly by offering immediate help to walk-ins.
The programs in question provide outpatient care to adults, children, and people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. The hospital plans to continue running inpatient mental health and will keep on running outpatient care until an agency can take it over.
Citizen Advocates told county officials this week that it was dropping out.
Counselors were taken by surprise. One counselor said she found out Thursday when
Citizen Advocates did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
"We do have other agencies that have expressed interest, so we are now exploring with them. The
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