WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – A mental health support in Washtenaw County has been renewed with nearly 70 percent of the vote.

Washtenaw County voters renewed $1 million in funding for the Department of Community Mental Health, the sheriff’s office and other local agencies designed to support mental health issues. The millage, which is expected to raise $22.5 million in its first year, was approved with 69.21 percent of the vote, according to the data. unofficial election results wednesday morning The proposal garnered 134,114 affirmative votes.

The millage will run from 2026 to 2033.

Read more: Election results for Tuesday, November 5 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County

The renewal comes after officials made changes to how the funding can be used.

In June, county commissioners passed an ordinance requiring the sheriff’s office to spend at least 30 percent of the funds on mental and behavioral health services, housing supports and community violence disruption. Each precinct must receive at least 10 percent of the funding provided to the sheriff’s office.

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Funding from the millage will be split, 38 percent for community mental health and 38 percent for the sheriff’s office, with the remaining 24 percent given as a rebate to cities and towns with their own police forces to spend as they see fit. Municipalities with their own police include Ann Arbor, Chelsea, Milan, Saline, Ypsilanti, Pittsfield Township and Northfield Township, according to the Millage text.

The ordinance also created a 16-member “public safety advisory committee” appointed by the county council, according to previous reports.

The changes were driven by a combination of public feedback and the change in leadership, Annie Somerville, Ypsilanti’s representative on the Washtenaw Board of Commissioners, previously said. Somerville is also chairman of the Millages advisory committee and sits on the community mental health board.

Officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the passage of the millage.

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