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State Budgets at the Crossroads
The Power Point presentation and accompanying script (below) are helpful tools in undertanding state budget crises and their effects on mental health services. Medicaid plays a key role in the two issues, as it is a state-based program. When state budgets are strained, Medicaid funding often is cut. As such, services offered through Medicaid are minimized. Medicaid-covered mental health services frequently suffer as a result of state budget crises. This presentation and accompanying script offer details regarding this pressing problem.
Related Files
Script - State Budgets (Word Document)Power Point - State Budgets (PowerPoint)