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Advocates urge investment in community crisis services, say forensic unit needs careful design
Summary
Witnesses described Vermont’s crisis continuum (988, mobile crisis, urgent-care stabilization) and said that while many providers supported the idea of a forensic facility with caveats, the state must keep investing in community-based outpatient care and address funding gaps for 24/7 crisis coverage.
Witnesses testifying to the Judiciary committee on Jan. 29 outlined Vermont’s existing crisis system and urged lawmakers to prioritize community-based services even as proposals for a forensic facility and competency-restoration capacity move forward.
"The designated agency system and the community based system is robust," said Kelsey Stavsett, executive director of Northeast Kingdom Human Services and co-president of Vermont Care Partners. She listed system components…
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