Behavioral health nonprofit WestCare will receive $273,000 from Clark County to help recoup uncompensated costs arising from its treatment of drug addicts and the mentally ill last year at its Las Vegas clinic.
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Clark County commissioners voted Tuesday to fund the service for addicts aiming to shed their drug habits through the end of the year and repay some of the money the nonprofit WestCare said it lost after its contract lapsed.
Clark County commissioners appeared frustrated Tuesday when representatives of WestCare, a national nonprofit addiction treatment group threatening to close its Las Vegas clinic, couldn’t answer questions about funding and care.
A national chain of nonprofit treatment centers is threatening to close its clinic for drug addicts and the mentally ill in Las Vegas by the end of May amid a funding dispute with state and Southern Nevada governments and hospitals.
The contamination was found in three kitchen sinks, not drinking supplies, at Dondero, Stanford and Indian Springs elementary schools. Spot testing at other schools is contining.