California county names behavioral health director

Alison Burrowes has been appointed director of Kern County (Calif.) Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, CBS affiliate KBAK reported Jan. 11.

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Ms. Burrowes has worked with Kern BHRS for over two decades, serving as administrator of the substance use disorder division before being appointed deputy director for six years. She was appointed interim director in mid-October. 

Ms. Burrowes also served as an adjunct professor in the social work graduate program at California State University, Bakersfield. She will begin her new position Jan. 13, the report said.

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