Children’s Mobile Crisis Response and Stabilization. (CMCRS) is a crisis response program for children that includes a hotline and mobile crisis response teams that assess and evaluate the presenting crisis; provide interventions to stabilize the crisis; and provide timely supports and skills necessary to return children and their families to routine functioning and maintain children in their homes whenever possible. These services are delivered in a non-clinical setting. Mobile crisis response teams consist of a clinical supervisor and crisis specialists who will provide direct services to children and families.
Children’s Mobile Crisis Response and Stabilization. Overview The Agreement requires the State to develop a CMCRS statewide for all children, regardless of eligibility, to prevent avoidable higher levels of care and connect with community services. The CMCRS must operate 24/7, via a toll-free number and must have plans to respond to crises by telephone or in-person and to collect and report data to track timeliness of response and family engagement in HCBS following a crisis. Achievements and Developments Significant and continued effort has been demonstrated with respect to CMCRS, a critical service and implementation. The SME noted improvements in these following areas as well as other sustainability and policy efforts since the following overarching recommendations were presented in the June 2023 SME Report:
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