Mobile Crisis Teams (MCTs) are among the most rapidly expanding components of America’s crisis care continuum. As of 2024, the latest NRI State Profiles report 2,111 mobile crisis teams nationwide, […]
Reflecting on 2025’s Crisis Care Transformation and Our 2026 Vision As we close out 2025 and look toward the year ahead, we’re grateful for the opportunity to work alongside crisis […]
What if the biggest barrier to seamless crisis care isn’t lack of resources—it’s the invisible gaps between your systems? The Scenario Every Crisis Leader Knows Too Well Here’s the reality: Your 988 crisis […]
Join Dr. Chuck Browning, CEO & President of Behavioral Health Link, and Kristen Ellis, Senior Director of Consulting at Recovery Innovations, as they discuss how crisis systems can effectively support […]
By John Draper, Ph.D. Can SAMHSA and state leaders keep the promise of 988 without reporting on and supporting follow-up care? When the FCC recommended to Congress in 2019 that […]
 Seatbelts existed for decades before they became standard—and even longer before people actually used them. The same is true for effective substance use crisis tools. We have direct access […]
Sarah calls 988 from Casper on a Tuesday evening, overwhelmed by suicidal thoughts. The counselor at Central Wyoming Counseling Center uses a structured suicide risk assessment, creates a detailed safety […]
Transforming how crisis care systems respond to risk More than half of people experiencing suicidal thoughts never tell anyone. When they do disclose, it’s rarely to professionals—and the reason is […]
Part 2: How Extreme SLA Penalties and Cloud Restrictions Drive Away Quality Vendors This is Part 2 of a 5-part series on how states can deploy cutting-edge crisis care coordination […]
Reflections on 988 Day from someone who helped build the Suicide Prevention Lifeline foundation and is now focused on what happens after the cal.l Today marks 988 Day—a moment to […]
When Crisis Care Coordination Fails: The 3:41 AM Call A mother calls 988. Her son is hallucinating and hasn’t slept in days. He’s scared. She’s terrified. A mobile team is […]
The Georgia Poison Center developed a protocol for managing mental health crisis cases via iterative feedback with Georgia 911–related emergency medical services and Georgia 988–related mental health services. The Georgia […]
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