FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ohio -- ADAMH or Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County faces cuts -- cuts that could affect you, your family and your community.
NBC 4's Tom Brockman reported with the FAST FACTS Friday.
ADAMH's now-tough financial situation was about to get a lot tougher.
"This is probably the toughest operating environment I've seen. I've been in the public behavioral-health business for probably 30 years," ADAMH CEO David Royer said.
Royer said the board was expected to announce another $1.7 million in cuts later this month.
That's on top of nearly $3 million dollars in state-imposed reductions it's made since October.
He said the board has made cuts at every level -- except those services that directly impact clients.
Keeping all those services and programs intact this time around would be wishful thinking, he said.
ADAMH contracts with more than 40 local nonprofit agencies that provide mental-health and drug-addiction treatment and prevention services.
Some of those services will be affected by the cuts, he said.
"We're now at a point, because of the state-imposed reductions, that we're going to have to go deeper into this. I think you'll see, regrettably, that there will be consequences relative to perhaps longer waits for care," Royer said.
Regardless of the impending cuts, those who need treatment will get it, he said.
"Those that are the most frail, the most ill and have the highest emergent need will continue to go to the front of the line to be served by the treatment system," Royer said.
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