Saturday, December 21, 2024
12/21/2024
SCDMH Mobile Crisis Expansion's focus is to expand the capacity of existing Mobile Crisis teams in Aiken, Anderson, Chesterfield, Newberry, McCormick, Saluda, Edgefield, Abbeville, Greenwood, and Laurens counties. These SC counties have been identified as high need due to their suicide rates, socioeconomic inequities to include poverty rates and social vulnerabilities. SCDMH Mobile Crisis Expansion will work with law enforcement agencies, hospital systems and social service organizations within these counties to: 1. Increase the capacity of local Mobile Crisis teams to respond and increase access capacity to crisis care in identified high-need communities, thereby reducing unnecessary emergency department visits and incarcerations. 2. Utilize telehealth services for crisis response in rural areas to expedite response time and connect individuals to the appropriate level of care through screening, assessment, and referral services. 3. Improve overall health and reduce mortality for individuals residing in the identified high-need counties by increasing safety plans. 4. Improve equity in the continuity of care and post-crisis follow up. 5. Increase quality of culturally competent and patient centered services and care coordination for identified high-need counties. SCDMH Mobile Crisis Expansion Objectives include: 1. Developing community crisis maps to identify barriers and continuity of care disparities. 2. Hiring, training, and credentialing at the state and national level, 20 Peer Support staff to serve as co-responders on Mobile Crisis teams. 3. Partnering with at least one law enforcement agency in each of the identified high need counties to provide an iPad with data plan to support implementation of telehealth services. 4. Creating 4Mobile Crisis Advisory Boards (one for each CMHC catchment area) comprised of partners and consumers of mental health services and their family. 5. Increasing up to and maintaining 100% completion of safety plans for individuals stabilized in the community. 6. Demonstrating a 10% increase in referrals to social service agencies to meet consumer's needs. 7. Increasing diversions for unnecessary emergency admissions and incarcerations.
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