Particular Session held for MO HealthNet Funding | Opinion

• US $ 750,000 for 12,000 additional students taking the ACT Work Keys and Professional Entrance Examination.

• $ 200,000 for the Main Street program.

Lawmakers fund projects that strengthen the health and safety of our communities across the state.

• $ 166.3 million to increase rates for developmental disability service providers.

• US $ 15 million to build six new nationwide crisis stabilization centers and continue to support existing ones.

• $ 8.3 million to expand the Behavioral Healthcare Home program.

• $ 5.3 million for 50 additional mental health and drug liaison offices in the community.

• $ 3.6 million and 53 additional employees to work on wait lists on Missouri’s Public Defender system.

• US $ 1 million in grants for violent crime prevention, community engagement, and mental health support by law enforcement agencies.

• $ 21.5 million to recruit and retain high quality correctional staff.

• $ 6 million for county jail reimbursement.

• $ 2.5 million to further support relapse reduction programs.

• $ 2.6 million and 11 other State Highway Patrol Troopers to assist in investigating violent crime.

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