CPC Director Reveals Crisis Ctr. PLans, “Shocking,” Says Worthy

CENTRAL POINT OF COORDINATION DIRECTOR KEN HYNDMAN TOLD THE DES MOINES COUNTY BOARD YESTERDAY(TUES) THAT PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO ESTABLISH A 5-BED CRISIS HOME IN BURLINGTON BY JUNE.

 

THE JOINT EFFORT WITH HOPE HAVEN IS ALL PART OF THE NEW REGIONAL APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND WILL BE A WAY TO KEEP THOSE WITH CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OUT OF JAIL, WHICH IS WHERE MANY OF THEM END UP NOW. HYNDMAN ALSO TOLD SUPERVISORS THAT SOUTHEAST IOWA WILL SOON HAVE FIVE PSYCHIATRISTS SERVING THE AREA; TWO OF THEM ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE HERE IN AUGUST.

 

PERHAPS THE MOST COMPELLING BUSINESS AT YESTERDAY’S(TUES) DES MOINES COUNTY BOARD MEETING WAS THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS GETTING SOME OF THE NEW GENERATION OF TASERS…AND JAIL ADMINISTRATOR DUANE WORTHY DEMONSTRATED BY TAKING A HIT FROM SERGEANT MATT HERSCHMAN.

 

 

COUNTY AUDITOR CAROL COPELAND ANNOUNCED THAT PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS ARE DUE NEXT MONDAY AND TODAY(WED) IS THE DEADLINE FOR COUNTY OFFICE-SEEKERS TO FILE THEIR NOMINATING PETITIONS.