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New mobile crisis team goes live; county advances state-funded mobile-crisis budget amendment
Summary
Health officials told the Health, Social, Educational and Environmental Committee May 19 that a county-contracted mobile crisis team operated by PeopleUSA began limited operations and that a state aid budget amendment to underwrite the service advanced.
Putnam County health officials and the contractor PeopleUSA told the county Health, Social, Educational and Environmental Committee on May 19 that a newly operational mobile crisis team has begun limited weekday service and is intended to reduce reliance on law enforcement and emergency rooms for behavioral-health emergencies.
Paul Tang, the countydirector of mental health, and PeopleUSA representatives said the team has been operating approximately three weeks on a pilot schedule (Monday-Friday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.) and that staff are engaging schools, law…
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