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A statewide expansion to mobile crisis units and an emergency call center will roll out within a year, leaving the Norman City Council to rethink its plan to create a city-managed team.
The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) presented the agencyâs plans to the council during a Tuesday night study session. Mobile crisis units respond to people in mental health or behavioral crises and connect them with services. The legislature increased funding to expand crisis units, new crisis centers and a statewide call center for a national mental health hotline â 988.
Two units contracted through the state via the Central Oklahoma Community Mental Health Center have served Cleveland County adults and children for several years, The Transcript reported. The council began exploring a mobile crisis unit in July 2020, looking at a model comparable to Eugene, Oregonâs Crisis Helping Out On The Streets.