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Kenosha County says embedded social worker and Lake Behavioral partnership reduced state hospital placements
Summary
County behavioral health staff described an embedded public-safety social worker’s early work and said partnership with out-of-state Lake Behavioral inpatient capacity has sharply reduced transfers to state mental hospitals.
Kristen Rabidoux, a licensed clinical social worker embedded with the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office, described her first three weeks on the job after starting March 10: she said she received 14 calls and referrals, responded to schools, the county jail and an emergency department, and helped divert two potential emergency detentions into voluntary mental-health placements.
“Within the first 3 weeks, I focused on training ... ride alongs with deputies, and connecting with high schools,” Rabidoux said,…
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