Nevada County Behavioral Health has been awarded $1,000,000 in grant funding through the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Crisis Care Mobile Units (CCMU) program. The grant was awarded with the goal of “implementing, enhancing, and supporting mobile crisis care services within the county through infrastructure development”. The grant funds will be used to further expand and enhance mobile crisis services in Nevada County. The CCMU grant will specifically support:
- Addition of a 1.0 FTE Youth Mobile Crisis Specialist to respond to youth experiencing a mental health crisis primarily at school sites and community based organizations
- Addition of a 0.5 FTE Mobile Crisis Clinical Team Lead to provide clinical and administrative supervision of the Mobile Crisis Specialists
- Infrastructure to support mobile crisis services including vehicles for mobile crisis staff, office space and office remodel led by Nevada County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement co-responder mobile crisis staff, laptops, monitors, cell phones, and training
Nevada County Behavioral Health is pleased to be granted the opportunity to expand this essential resource for our local families and youth and further enhance the local crisis continuum of care.
