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Mobile youth crisis team asks Lafayette schools for MOU to provide on-campus clearances and follow-up
Summary
Natalie Duff of the Extra Mile youth mobile crisis program described a 24/7 response team funded by Medicaid and the state, gave call-volume statistics and asked the board to pursue a memorandum of understanding to allow on-campus assessments and safety planning.
Natalie Duff, program manager for the Extra Mile youth mobile crisis program, told the Lafayette Parish School Board the team offers 24/7 crisis response for people up to age 20 and is seeking a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to allow on-campus assessments and clearance back to school.
"Right now, we send out a team of two people, a clinical responder who is a licensed clinician and a peer support specialist that has lived experience...so they go out as a team to…
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