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Mitchell Behavioral Health reports increased mobile crisis use, seeks state funding for local service expansion
Summary
Mitchell Behavioral Health told commissioners the agency manages roughly $26 million in regional behavioral‑health programs, recorded 34 mobile crisis dispatches in FY25 and 82 so far in FY26 in Caroline County, and plans to apply for Maryland behavioral‑health transformation funding to expand mobile treatment and peer‑support training locally.
Katie Dilley, chief executive officer of Mitchell Behavioral Health, and Anne Sempers, behavioral‑health coordinator for wellness and recovery, presented the agency’s annual regional update to the Caroline County commissioners on May 12.
Dilley said Midshore Behavioral Health operates roughly $26,000,000 in combined state and federal grant funding across five counties and highlighted crisis‑response services run by an affiliated Sante Group, which operates a regional hotline that also serves as a 988 backup. "We have a budget close to 26,000,000 of a combination of state and federal funding that we…
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