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Washoe County outlines behavioral health expansion: crisis response, competency diversion and youth center
Summary
County leaders presented steps to expand behavioral health response, including mobile crisis teams, 988 hotline promotion, reopening a crisis care center, a competency diversion court that saved jail days, and a forthcoming Washoe Behavioral Health Center for children and adolescents.
Washoe County officials on Sept. 2 highlighted a series of behavioral health initiatives intended to divert people from jails and emergency rooms and expand community‑based care.
Commissioner Andrea (presented as Andrea/Andrealla in the event) said the county is using the sequential intercept model to intervene at multiple points — from crisis lines to community stabilization — and cited recent programs including mobile crisis expansion, the 988…
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