IDAHO FALLS — Mental health providers across eastern Idaho are sounding the alarm over sweeping cuts to Idaho’s behavioral health system, and they’re urging the public to take action.

A statewide petition is quickly gaining traction, and a community march is planned for Saturday, Nov. 22, at 10 a.m. on the Broadway Bridge in Idaho Falls to protest the latest round of reductions and demand that lawmakers restore the funding.

Nearly one-quarter of services eliminated in a year

The concern comes as Idaho has eliminated or reduced nearly one-quarter of its total Medicaid mental health services in less than a year.

Josh Jackson, owner of Answers Mental Wellness Clinics in Idaho Falls and Pocatello, says the cuts are already having “devastating” consequences for clinics, families and vulnera

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