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Mental‑health coalition presses for 988 fee, CCBHC and crisis continuum funding
Summary
Mental‑health organizations asked the Senate budget committee to preserve and expand funding for the 988 crisis continuum, certified community behavioral health clinics (CCBHCs), mobile crisis teams and related programs, and to adopt the telecom fee to sustain operations as federal dollars shrink.
Abigail Lewis of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey told the committee the state should adopt the governor’s proposed 40¢ monthly telecom fee to sustain the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline and the broader 988 continuum of care. “The 988 continuum of care provides someone to call, someone to respond, and somewhere to go,” she said, describing elements that include 988 call centers, mobile crisis outreach teams, crisis receiving and stabilization centers, and crisis diversion homes.
Several CCBHC providers and allies asked the committee to preserve line items the…
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