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Commission hears behavioral health update: 988 outreach, peer workforce expansion and housing setbacks
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Summary
County behavioral health officials reported progress on the community health improvement plan's behavioral-health priorities: suicide-fatality review board recommendations (988 signage for parks), improved TRC outpatient follow-up (85%), increased peer-first workforce positions, and setbacks including a stalled 24-unit Rockledge supportive-housing project.
Bob Trianski, director of behavioral health projects, told the commission the behavioral-health plank of the Community Health Improvement Plan focuses on supportive housing, suicide prevention, overdose reduction and chronic absenteeism.
Trianski highlighted several milestones: the 2025 suicide data brief, implementation of a suicide fatality review board that has already reviewed cases, and a community-wide 988 promotion and signage effort driven by review-board findings. "One of the really tangible things... is the development and implementation of a community wide effort to increase targeted messaging and promotion of 988," Trianski said.
Dee Kynard, participating remotely, said the suicide fatality review board found a rising number of suicides and crisis calls in parks and recommended installing 988 signs in parks; the sheriff's office is funding an initial batch of about 20 signs and an unveiling was scheduled for April 30 at Clinton Park. "We're going to be putting these signs into parks all over the county," Dee said, and the campaign will include accompanying communications and an evaluation component.
Trianski also reported progress in the treatment and recovery center (TRC) metrics: follow-up outpatient visit completion after TRC discharge rose to 85 percent, exceeding the plan's 75 percent target. He described expansion of peer-first responders, a familiar-faces shared-release increase in consent rates, and work toward a clubhouse model in partnership with regional organizations.
Trianski acknowledged challenges: integration of partner data into shared systems (MyRC), state funding limits for peer reimbursement, and the Rockledge permanent supportive-housing project (24 units) not moving forward. Commissioners asked about timelines for further reports and next steps, and Trianski said more detailed updates would come in subsequent meetings.
