Mental health mobile crisis team stabilizes most local cases outside of jail
Horizons Mental Health Center reports growing service use and plans to expand student training to Hutchinson USD 308
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Sign up freeA mobile crisis team in Reno County stabilized 72% of its recent cases within the community, sending only one person to jail over a three-month span, according to a quarterly report presented to the Reno County Commission on Wednesday.
Horizons Mental Health Center CEO Vikki Mader told commissioners the organization’s 24-hour Mobile Crisis Team responded to 141 crises during the quarter, helping the county largely avoid costly emergency room visits and incarcerations. In total, the organization served 4,237 unique county residents. Mader noted that Reno County ranks among the state’s highest users of mobile crisis services, trailing only densely populated counties like Johnson and Sedgwick.
To address youth mental health needs, Horizons is expanding its Mental Health First Aid training to freshmen at Hutchinson USD 308 throughout the upcoming school year. The program, which teaches students to recognize crises among peers and connect them with help, has already been implemented at Trinity Catholic School, Buhler, and Pretty Prairie.
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