St Croix County Health and Human Services September 9, 2026 LIVE

The St. Croix County Health and Human Services Board meeting on September 9, 2026, reviewed current financial trends and the requested 2027 budgets. Countywide, requested expenses exceeded anticipated revenues by about $760,000, and the county administrator said adjustments would be made before presenting a balanced budget in October; the budget was not adopted at this meeting. HHS budget discussions included rising behavioral health purchased-service costs, lower projected children’s out-of-home placement costs, and a request to fund 0.15 of a public health nurse position through the tax levy as the Public Health Infrastructure Grant is scheduled to end in 2027. The board also heard about existing and potential grant funding, including a $100,000 safe-storage grant, a $5,000 healthcare-campus staff education grant, and possible positions supported by pending rural health transformation grants. No contract awards or competitive procurements were identified.

The board approved the proposed 2027 HHS and healthcare-campus fee/rate schedules. The healthcare-campus changes included increasing the skilled nursing facility private-pay rate from $375 to $400 per day and a longer-term dementia self-pay rate from $350 to $375; other healthcare-campus rates were unchanged. The meeting also included updates on grant-funded family substance-use supports and preliminary outcomes, public health funding, and other HHS programs.