Exploited Children. DBHS community planning efforts also highlight the identification and treatment of commercially sexually exploited children as another unmet need in our community. DBHS participates in ongoing collaborative initiatives with child protective services, the courts, and the probation department to address this unmet need. Q#8, Priority Resource Needs: The Sacramento County Mental Health Board, in an August 5, 2015, public meeting, decided that its top three priorities are the following: Reopening the Crisis Stabilization Unit to direct access, as operated by Sacramento County prior to 2009. The Mental Health Board previously stated this priority in a March 13, 2015, letter to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Additional crisis residential beds. The Mental Health Board previously stated this priority in a March 13, 2015, letter to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Establishment of a mental health care” center. In stating this priority, the “urgent Mental Health Board echoes the sentiment of a March 24, 2015, letter by the Mental Health Improvement Coalition. This letter reports that the opening of a behavioral health urgent care center is an of agreement” in the ongoing “area effort to rebalance the Sacramento County behavioral health continuum. San Bernardino County: Q#7, Unmet Needs: The County of San Bernardino Department of Behavioral Health has identified a variety of needs and pursued several specific strategies to meet these needs. The STAY, a crisis residential treatment facility for transition-aged youth, was created to meet a treatment gap for this age group. Due in part to the success of this program, DBH has been awarded two grants under SB82, the Investment in Mental Wellness Act of 2013, to address unmet crisis needs. With these grants, DBH is developing two new crisis residential treatment facilities for adults. Some of the goals of these projects include reducing the impact of psychiatric conditions on hospital emergency departments as well as reducing unnecessarily lengthy psychiatric hospital stays. The crisis residential facilities will help provide a new level of care between inpatient hospitalization and outpatient care that did not previously exist, therefore providing an additional option for more appropriate care. Another grant application is being developed, proposing a crisis stabilization unit for both adults and adolescents, further helping to close the gap of crisis services.
Exploited Children. DBHS community planning efforts also highlight the identification and treatment of commercially sexually exploited children as another unmet need in our community. DBHS participates in ongoing collaborative initiatives with child protective services, the courts, and the probation department to address this unmet need. Q#8, Priority Resource Needs: The Sacramento County Mental Health Board, in an August 5, 2015, public meeting, decided that its top three priorities are the following: Reopening the Crisis Stabilization Unit to direct access, as operated by Sacramento County prior to 2009. The Mental Health Board previously stated this priority in a March 13, 2015, letter to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Additional crisis residential beds. The Mental Health Board previously stated this priority in a March 13, 2015, letter to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Establishment of a mental health “urgent care” center. In stating this priority, the Mental Health Board echoes the sentiment of a March 24, 2015, letter by the Mental Health Improvement Coalition. This letter reports that the opening of a behavioral health urgent care center is an “area of agreement” in the ongoing effort to rebalance the Sacramento County behavioral health continuum. San Bernardino County: Q#7, Unmet Needs: The County of San Bernardino Department of Behavioral Health has identified a variety of needs and pursued several specific strategies to meet these needs. The STAY, a crisis residential treatment facility for transition-aged youth, was created to meet a treatment gap for this age group. Due in part to the success of this program, DBH has been awarded two grants under SB82, the Investment in Mental Wellness Act of 2013, to address unmet crisis needs. With these grants, DBH is developing two new crisis residential treatment facilities for adults. Some of the goals of these projects include reducing the impact of psychiatric conditions on hospital emergency departments as well as reducing unnecessarily lengthy psychiatric hospital stays. The crisis residential facilities will help provide a new level of care between inpatient hospitalization and outpatient care that did not previously exist, therefore providing an additional option for more appropriate care. Another grant application is being developed, proposing a crisis stabilization unit for both adults and adolescents, further helping to close the gap of crisis services.
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