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Promote the
safety and emotional stability of
community members experiencing
behavioral health crise
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Minimize
further deterioration of community
members experiencing behavioral
health crises
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Help community
members experiencing crises to
obtain ongoing care and treatment
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Prevent
placement in settings that are more
intensive, costly, or restrictive
than necessary and appropriate
When we respond and the
scene is secured, our staff provides
mental health and substance use
disorders interventions to individuals
experiencing a behavioral health crisis,
including an evidence-based assessment
that assists in determining if the
individual should be placed on an
involuntary hold.
We provide crisis intervention, support
and referrals to medical and social
services as needed.
Follow-up services are provided to help
link community members to ongoing care
and treatment to mitigate future crisis.
We provide field-based support to
requesting law enforcement officers
responding to a behavioral health
crisis.
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