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Behavioral‑health panel finds gaps in Buncombe County crisis response, treatment beds and data sharing
Summary
The county's Behavioral Health Justice Collaborative summarized results from a sequential intercept mapping event, citing limited co‑response coverage, gaps in adolescent and dual‑diagnosis treatment, jail medication formulary limits, Medicaid recertification concerns and a need for real‑time data sharing.
Victoria Reichardt, behavioral health manager for Buncombe County, reported results from a sequential intercept mapping event attended by about 45 participants. The mapping exercise identified service gaps across intercepts of the justice system and proposed priorities for county action.
"Expansion of community response" received the most votes at the mapping event, Reichardt said, though the collaborative found the county's current co‑response model is covering about 6.5 percent of behavioral‑health calls. That disparity between demand and available co‑response resources was highlighted repeatedly as a primary gap.
Reichardt described other gaps identified during the mapping exercise: limited…
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