Challenges, Child and Adolescent, Crisis and Community Trauma, Crisis Services Access, Equity, Support services and recovery, Workforce
988 Sustainability Depends on Healthcare Insurers Paying Their Fair Share
Scaffolding a parallel and interconnected 988 crisis system allows people in a behavioral health crisis to get the level of care they need when they need it. However, a barrier to sustainable funding for 988 crisis systems, says Arlene Stephenson, is “insurers aren’t paying their fair share.”