Nevada approves more than $55 million in federal funds to expand forensic hospital capacity
KOLO reported in October 2022 that Nevada had secured more than $55 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds for the Division of Public and Behavioral Health's forensic psychiatric hospitals, which evaluate and treat people in the criminal justice system. The money is intended to expand bed capacity.
The article says the facilities were already struggling before the pandemic with limited beds, staffing shortages and a growing number of people committed to state hospitals long term. The division's administrator said the demand to evaluate and treat patients from the criminal justice system, combined with limited capacity and staffing, had been challenging.
The funding set in motion the later, troubled plan to convert space at the Las Vegas city jail into forensic beds.
Source: More than $55 million secured for forensic psychiatric hospitals — KOLO, by Kevin Sheridan
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