Baltimore County announced this week an expansion of emergency behavioral health services to support residents experiencing crises.
The county announced a 50-percent expansion during peak hours of its mobile crisis teams, which are made up of health professionals and specially trained police officers to respond to emergency calls.
The county will also create a 9-1-1 Call Center Clinician Program, in collaboration with the Baltimore County Department of Health and Human Services. Mental health clinicians will screen calls from residents and divert mental health or substance abuse related calls to appropriate behavioral health support.
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