II.F Gaps in the Local Crisis Response System What are the critical gaps in your local crisis emergency response system? Consider needs in all parts of your local service area, including those specific to certain counties. Counties Service System Gaps Bowie, Cass, Gregg, Ability to care for physically aggressive patients requiring local hospital emergency Harrison, Marion, Panola, departments to continue to hold until a state psychiatric bed is available. Many Red River, Rusk, and private psychiatric hospitals will not take physically aggressive patients. Upshur Section III: Plans and Priorities for System Development III.A Jail Diversion Indicate which of the following strategies you use to divert individuals from the criminal justice system. List current activities and any plans for the next two years. Include specific activities that describe the strategies checked in the first column. For those areas not required in the DSHS Performance Contract, enter NA if the LMHA has no current or planned activities. Intercept 1: Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Components Current Activities Community Healthcore works Mental Health Co-mobilization with Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) ☐ Deputies from Gregg County and Harrison ☒ Co-mobilization with Mental Health Deputies County. Co-location with CIT and/or MH Deputies ☐ MCOT team as needed or requested will meet Training dispatch and first responders ☐ with MH Deputies or other law enforcement to ☒ Training law enforcement staff
II.F Gaps in the Local Crisis Response System What are the critical gaps in your local crisis emergency response system? Consider needs in all parts of your local service area, including those specific to certain counties. Counties Service System Gaps Bowie, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Red River, Rusk, and Upshur Ability to care for physically aggressive patients requiring local hospital emergency departments to continue to hold until a state psychiatric bed is available. Many private psychiatric hospitals will not take physically aggressive patients. Section III: Plans and Priorities for System Development III.A Jail Diversion Indicate which of the following strategies you use to divert individuals from the criminal justice system. List current activities and any plans for the next two years. Include specific activities that describe the strategies checked in the first column. For those areas not required in the DSHS Performance Contract, enter NA if the LMHA has no current or planned activities. Intercept 1: Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Components Current Activities ☐ Co-mobilization with Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) ☒ Co-mobilization with Mental Health Deputies ☐ Co-location with CIT and/or MH Deputies ☐ Training dispatch and first responders ☒ Training law enforcement staff Community Healthcore works Mental Health Deputies from Gregg County and Harrison County. MCOT team as needed or requested will meet with MH Deputies or other law enforcement to
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