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Mental-health fund shortfall a surprise
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
The head of the state Department of Mental Health plans to meet today with Gov. Haley Barbour regarding the $30 million shortfall in funding for Mississippi’s 15 community mental health centers.
Some lawmakers “thought there was money in the budget that was not there,” Ed LeGrand, executive director of the Department of Mental Health, said Monday. “They realize now they did not have all the information.”
Department officials hope to get backing from Barbour and lawmakers for a plan to borrow against the fiscal year’s second half of appropriations to make up for the deficit. Under the plan, lawmakers would reimburse the department after they return in January.
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