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Livingston City updates mobile crisis response team, aims for 30‑minute city response
Summary
Kelly Miller, program manager for Livingston City's mobile crisis response team, told commissioners the co‑responder program will expand staffing, integrate telehealth and an EMR, rely on 988 for referrals, and aims for roughly 30‑minute responses within city limits; state grant funds paid for a vehicle and training support.
Kelly Miller, mobile crisis response team program manager, updated the Livingston City Commission on the newly formed mobile crisis response team and its plan to stabilize residents in behavioral‑health crises outside hospitals.
Miller told commissioners the team’s mission is to provide "immediate, compassionate, and trauma informed support to individuals experiencing behavioral health crises," with the goal of stabilizing people "in the least restrictive and most supportive environment possible" and diverting them from unnecessary hospitalization, incarceration or ambulance transport.
The program is a joint effort with Park County and launched with state grant support from the Department of Health and Human Services. Miller said the program has been operating in a limited form for nearly a year through a part‑time peer support specialist, Jeanette Tecca, and is now moving toward a co‑responder model that provides immediate, in‑person crisis intervention. The team currently includes…
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