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Marshall County appoints four community mental health officers as mobile crisis response expands
Summary
The Marshall County Commission approved a resolution appointing four community mental health officers and praised a newly scaled mobile crisis response run by Mountain Lakes Behavioral Healthcare that now offers 24/7 coverage across Marshall and Jackson counties.
The Marshall County Commission on the work-session agenda voted to appoint four community mental health officers and signaled support for an expanded mobile crisis response that officials say is already operating across Marshall and Jackson counties.
Jeremy Baraj, who identified himself as a community mental health officer, described Mountain Lakes Behavioral Healthcare’s mobile crisis teams, saying the program runs four teams that provide 24/7 coverage and pair a master’s-level clinician with a peer support specialist. “We have 4 total teams providing 24 hour day, 7 day a week, holidays, nights, weekends, 24 hour 7 coverage, for Marshall and Jackson County,” Baraj said, adding that the…
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