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Behavioral Health System Baltimore urges wider use of 988 as city confronts unregulated recovery homes
Summary
City behavioral health leaders described rising 988 use and mobile crisis responses, and told council members that unregulated recovery homes fall outside public behavioral health regulation, prompting calls for stronger interagency review and community engagement in licensing and oversight.
Adrienne Breidenstine, vice president of policy and communications at Behavioral Health System Baltimore, described the city’s public behavioral health authority and the role of 988 in connecting people to crisis and recovery services.
"We are a nonprofit organization and we are the city's local behavioral health authority," Breidenstine said. She said the system serves about 75,000 people annually through roughly 300 distinct programs and that the department and BHSB jointly fund prevention and crisis services. She noted that 988, the national three‑digit crisis…
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