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Ojai approves one-year contract with Ventura County Behavioral Health for intensive services coordinator (RISE)
Summary
The council approved a one-year contract to embed a Ventura County Behavioral Health RISE (Rapid Integrative Support and Engagement) coordinator to work with law enforcement and city staff to engage people experiencing severe mental-health or substance-use crises in city limits; the vote was 3-2.
The Ojai City Council voted 3-2 to approve a one-year contract with Ventura County Behavioral Health to provide a dedicated Intensive Services Coordinator from the county's RISE program to work with the city and law enforcement.
Program purpose: County staff described the role as an outreach-and-engagement position embedded with local law enforcement and city staff to identify, locate and connect people experiencing homelessness and severe mental-health or substance-use disorders to county services. Ventura County staff said the coordinator's responsibilities include outreach, in-the-moment engagement on…
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