Creating Lasting Engagement through Follow-Up at Common Ground Resource and Crisis Center
How Follow-Up Connect ensures people outreaching 988 in Michigan have access to the right resources.
Steve Miccio on Peer-led Mental Health Crisis Care
Steve Miccio, CEO of People USA, shares the power of peer-led mental health crisis care.
Bridging the Digital Divide and Building Community Safety Nets in Remote and Rural America
The pandemic has exacerbated the digital divide and the psychological impact of isolation.
Redefining Crisis Stabilization
Crisis care for children tends to only focus on the child. Yet a child’s crisis can’t be addressed without addressing family dynamics.
Reengineering LA County’s Crisis Systems
Good intentions alone won’t solve systemic issues. John Franklin Sierra, a health systems engineer, gives the play-by-play on how LA County redesigned and reengineered its crisis system.
A Crisis Response May Be the Only Opportunity to Help Someone Battling Addiction
“Here’s a window of opportunity where the person is present, and if we don’t take advantage of the moment, we may miss it,” says Rebecca Boss. “The person might never show up again.”
Georgia’s Crisis System Transformation and Lessons Learned in Anticipation of 988
Judy Fitzgerald, the commissioner of DBHDD, and Debbie Atkins, director of Crisis Coordination at DBHDD, share Georgia’s crisis system transformation and the lessons they’ve learned in anticipation of 988.
Author of “Crazy” Shares His Story of Navigating Virginia’s Crisis System with His Son
Former Washington Post reporter and best-selling author Pete Earley was introduced to the mental healthcare system when, in 2000, his son called him and said, “I can’t tell if I’m dreaming all the time or if I’m awake.”
Data Scientists Ask, “What if We Could See the Entire Crisis System?”
Data scientists Prof. Martin Connor and Dr. Christopher Ogg are using real-time data to eliminate long wait times, bottlenecks, and service delays in crisis care. The end-game, says Connor, “is to see the entire system.”
Victor Armstrong on Race, Mental Health, and How Removing Police Alone Is Not the Answer
When in a psychiatric crisis, who a person of color encounters matters, says Victor Armstrong. He hopes change is on the horizon with 988 but notes it must coincide with advancing crisis care. Otherwise, telling people not to call 911 without an adequate solution leaves people in crisis and their
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