BONNEVILLE COUNTY, Idaho – The president of the Idaho Sheriff’s Association expressed concerns about Idaho legislatures’ decision to discontinue multiple behavioral-health programs in a recent letter.

“ When the State scales back behavioral-health funding, hospital capacity, or correctional treatment programs, Idaho sheriffs feel the impact first,” Samuel Hulse, Sheriff of Bonneville County and the president of the Idaho Sheriff’s Association, wrote .

He mentioned specific programs that would face reductions or eliminations, including the Assertive Community Treatment Teams, Partial Hospitalization Programs, Homes with Adult Residential Treatment, Early Serious Mental Illness, Intensive Outpatient and Peer Support.

Each program provides services relating to mental illness, subst

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