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Viya/RHA tells Alamance commissioners diversion center served 723 people in October; facility-based crisis unit awaiting state licensure
Summary
Viya/RHA presented an operational update on the Alamance diversion/behavioral health center, listing peer support, mobile crisis, an intensive outpatient program and a pending 16-bed facility-based crisis unit awaiting DHSR site review; commissioners pressed on security and law-enforcement drop-offs.
Donald Roos, vice president for behavioral health and IDD network operations at Viya (working with RHA), gave commissioners a detailed rundown of services available at the Alamance diversion and behavioral health center and what remains to be phased in.
Roos said the facility now offers peer support and a peer-bridger program for people discharged from inpatient psychiatric units, a three-person community support team that provides in-community services, an assertive community treatment (ACT) team, substance-abuse intensive outpatient services, supported employment assistance and a peer "living room" drop-in area. Mobile crisis teams and a co-responder model with the sheriff's department are operating countywide, he said.
"Last month in October, they served 723 unique…
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