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City report finds gaps in behavioral-health services; highlights voluntary engagement pilot and coordination opportunities with Hennepin County
Summary
City staff presented a landscape analysis on access to behavioral health treatment and care courts, identifying service gaps for people with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders and options including county voluntary engagement pilots, improved crisis-response coordination, and data sharing to connect unhoused residents.
Policy and research staff presented a landscape analysis of behavioral health treatment and care courts to the committee on Oct. 1, outlining service gaps for unhoused people and options to improve access and continuity of care.
Sarah Renner, a legislative, policy and research staffer, told the committee that Hennepin County and Minneapolis face persistent shortfalls in care for people with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorder. She reported survey and county data showing that among roughly 2,300 unhoused people in Hennepin County in July, 69% reported a mental-health diagnosis and 36% reported an alcohol- or drug-use disorder.
Renner summarized policy options and national examples: California's CARE Act enables…
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