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County health official: mental-health center wins $763,000 grant for mobile crisis response
Summary
A county health official said the mental‑health center received a three‑year grant of $763,000 to fund mobile crisis services and staffing tied into the 988 crisis hotline, and named local staff who will manage the program.
A public health official told the Iroquois County Board that the county's mental‑health center has been awarded a three‑year grant totaling $763,000 to support mobile crisis response tied to the 988 hotline.
The official said the grant will fund a mobile crisis manager role (named in the meeting) and that Alice Hoskins has been appointed as the clinical director. "They've received a 3 year grant in the amount of $763,000," the public health official said, adding that the service will be available 24 hours and will dispatch clinicians to calls routed through the 988 system.
The health official also reported that the public health department is finalizing its budget and expects to lose three positions; dental mobile services are fully booked. Board members praised interdepartmental coordination between mental health, public health and animal control and discussed potential county support for sustaining services.
The board did not take a formal vote on county spending related to the grant at the meeting; members asked for further budgetary details at the upcoming budget hearings.
