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Chair Fletcher speaks at a podium in front of County Administration Center

County Officials Highlight Early Success of Mobile Crisis Response Team Program

Mar. 8, 2021 | 1:59 PM

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County officials on Monday discussed the debut of a new County program designed to help people experiencing mental health or substance use crises by dispatching behavioral health experts to emergency calls instead of law enforcement when appropriate

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County to Boost Efforts to Attract, Retain Mental Health Clinicians

Sep. 24, 2019 | 3:07 PM

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The Board of Supervisors today instructed the County to launch an initiative to attract and retain mental health clinicians to work in the Psychiatric Emergency Response Teams across the region.