Thriving Mind presents safety‑net Baker Act data; board debates bylaws, presentation limits and a communications subcommittee

Thriving Mind staff presented safety‑net Baker Act and crisis stabilization data to the Miami‑Dade Behavioral Health Advisory Board on July 29, and advisory board members followed with questions about data scope, systemwide tracking and internal governance.

Lauren Neredo of Thriving Mind summarized the dataset the board had requested. The packet focused on the safety‑net population (uninsured and underinsured patients the managing entity serves) and did not include all private‑sector crisis data. Thriving Mind reported that among the dataset provided: males outnumbered females in crisis encounters (1,374 males v. 770 females in the dataset cited), the average length of stay in crisis stabilization units was six days, and readmission within 30 days for those units was 12%. The presentation noted that ZIP codes with the largest counts in the safety‑net…