Last year, Idaho's three branches of government combined their efforts to address mental and behavioral health issues in the state through the formation of the Behavioral Health Council. Last week, they released a strategic action plan outlining recommendations for 2021-2024.

Producer Ruth Brown joins Logan Finney to give an overview of the issues under consideration including substance use disorders, youth mental health and adverse childhood experiences, and how the plan might be implemented moving forward.

Read Ruth's coverage of the plan on the Idaho Reports blog:

https://blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2021/07/02/behavioral-health-council-set-to-make-recommendations-to-governor-legislators-courts/

Learn more about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in Idaho:

https://www.idahoptv.org/resilientidaho/