Work group explores regional crisis-stabilization and subacute centers to reduce jail returns
Panelists recommended regional subacute/stabilization units and warm-handoff protocols to bridge jail, hospital and community care; examples from other states showed improved stabilization when facilities held patients for two weeks versus repeated 72-hour holds.
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The group discussed the gap between crisis-response (988/mobile teams) and inpatient hospitalization: a regional subacute or 2-week stabilization tier that would receive people from jails and hospitals and provide medications, housing coordination and warm handoffs to community care.
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