Objectives and Goals. Specialized mental health intervention services will be provided to individuals (youth and adults) who are in mental health crisis. Approximately eighteen (18) certified Mental Health Officers will be recruited from participating law enforcement agencies and engaged to serve in the Mental Health Officer Program (MHOP) serving Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Willacy Counties and will provide an intervention for a targeted behavioral health population to prevent unnecessary use of services in a specified setting (i.e., the criminal justice system, emergency rooms, and psychiatric inpatient hospital admissions). The objective is to decrease preventable admissions and readmissions into the Criminal Justice System and improve health outcomes for persons served, delivering the right care at the right time in the right setting. The participating law enforcement agency agrees to assign one (1) Officer to this program. The MHOP will recruit new/additional officers employed by the respective participating law enforcement agencies to serve in the program. Personnel, supplies and operating expenses for the task force will be funded through grant funds from the Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation. Officers serving on the task force will have the authority to intervene in cases involving individuals exhibiting signs and symptoms of a possible mental illness anywhere outside of the jurisdiction in which they are regularly employed throughout the catchment area of TTBH which is Cameron, Xxxxxxx and Willacy Counties in accordance with applicable statutes and the terms of this agreement. The participating law enforcement agencies will cooperate to improve the identification of individuals who come in contact with law enforcement for misdemeanor offenses determined to be related to the symptoms of their mental illness and who may be appropriate for diversion from the criminal justice system into routine behavioral health care services.
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Samples: Interlocal Agreement, Interlocal Agreement
Objectives and Goals. Specialized mental health intervention services will be provided to individuals (youth and adults) who are in mental health crisis. Approximately eighteen (18) certified Mental Health Officers will be recruited from participating law enforcement agencies and engaged to serve in the Mental Health Officer Program (MHOPMHO P) serving Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Willacy Counties and will provide an intervention for a targeted behavioral health population to prevent unnecessary use of services in a specified setting (i.e., the criminal justice system, emergency rooms, and psychiatric inpatient hospital admissions). The objective is to decrease preventable admissions and readmissions into the Criminal Justice System and improve health outcomes for persons served, delivering the right care at the right time in the right setting. The participating law enforcement agency Participating Law Enforcement Agency agrees to assign one (1) Officer Deputy Constable to this program. The MHOP will recruit new/additional officers employed by the respective participating law enforcement agencies to serve in the program. Personnel, supplies and operating expenses for the task force will be funded through grant funds from the Valley Baptist Legacy FoundationTexas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program (1115 Waiver). Officers serving on the task force will have the authority to intervene in cases involving individuals exhibiting signs and symptoms of a possible mental illness anywhere outside of the jurisdiction in which they are regularly employed throughout the catchment area of TTBH which is Cameron, Xxxxxxx and Willacy Counties in accordance with applicable statutes and the terms of this agreement. The participating law enforcement agencies will cooperate to improve the identification of individuals who come in contact with law enforcement for misdemeanor offenses determined to be related to the symptoms of their mental illness and who may be appropriate for diversion from the criminal justice system into routine behavioral health care services.
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Samples: Interlocal Agreement
Objectives and Goals. Specialized mental health intervention services will be provided to individuals (youth and adults) who are in mental health crisis. Approximately eighteen (18) certified Mental Health Officers will be recruited from participating law enforcement agencies and engaged to serve in the Mental Health Officer Program (MHOPMHO P) serving Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Willacy Counties and will provide an intervention for a targeted behavioral health population to prevent unnecessary use of services in a specified setting (i.e., the criminal justice system, emergency rooms, and psychiatric inpatient hospital admissions). The objective is to decrease preventable admissions and readmissions into the Criminal Justice System and improve health outcomes for persons served, delivering the right care at the right time in the right setting. The participating law enforcement agency Participating Law Enforcement Agency agrees to assign one three (13) Officer Deputy Constable to this program. The MHOP will recruit new/additional officers employed by the respective participating law enforcement agencies to serve in the program. Personnel, supplies and operating expenses for the task force will be funded through grant funds from the Valley Baptist Legacy FoundationTexas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program (1115 Waiver). Officers serving on the task force will have the authority to intervene in cases involving individuals exhibiting signs and symptoms of a possible mental illness anywhere outside of the jurisdiction in which they are regularly employed throughout the catchment area of TTBH which is Cameron, Xxxxxxx and Willacy Counties in accordance with applicable statutes and the terms of this agreement. The participating law enforcement agencies will cooperate to improve the identification of individuals who come in contact with law enforcement for misdemeanor offenses determined to be related to the symptoms of their mental illness and who may be appropriate for diversion from the criminal justice system into routine behavioral health care services.
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Samples: Interlocal Agreement
Objectives and Goals. Specialized mental health intervention services will be provided to individuals (youth and adults) who are in mental health crisis. Approximately eighteen (18) certified Mental Health Officers will be recruited from participating law enforcement agencies and engaged to serve in the Mental Health Officer Program (MHOP) serving Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Willacy Counties and will provide an intervention for a targeted behavioral health population to prevent unnecessary use of services in a specified setting (i.e., the criminal justice system, emergency rooms, and psychiatric inpatient hospital admissions). The objective is to decrease preventable admissions and readmissions into the Criminal Justice System and improve health outcomes for persons served, delivering the right care at the right time in the right setting. The participating law enforcement agency Participating Law Enforcement Agency agrees to assign one (1) Officer 2 Officers to this program. The MHOP will recruit new/additional officers employed by the respective participating law enforcement agencies to serve in the program. Personnel, supplies and operating expenses for the task force will be funded through grant funds from the Valley Baptist Legacy FoundationTexas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program (1115 Waiver). Officers serving on the task force will have the authority to intervene in cases involving individuals exhibiting signs and symptoms of a possible mental illness anywhere outside of the jurisdiction in which they are regularly employed throughout the catchment area of TTBH which is Cameron, Xxxxxxx and Willacy Counties in accordance with applicable statutes and the terms of this agreement. The participating law enforcement agencies will cooperate to improve the identification of individuals who come in contact with law enforcement for misdemeanor offenses determined to be related to the symptoms of their mental illness and who may be appropriate for diversion from the criminal justice system into routine behavioral health care services.
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Samples: Interlocal Agreement