City of Edmond receives $750K Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Edmond's mobile crisis team partnership - the City Of Edmond behavioral health mobile crisis team partnership (bhmctp) will strengthen and expand mobile crisis team (mct) services for residents of all ages in edmond, Oklahoma, improving coordination between 988, law enforcement, and crisis stabilization services. The project will divert children, youth, and adults experiencing mental health or substance use crises from law‑enforcement–only responses and emergency departments, reducing suicide and overdose risk through a comprehensive crisis‑continuum approach. Over the five‑year period, edmond will implement a behavioral health provider‑only mct model, beginning with hiring project leadership, developing an implementation plan, contracting an mct provider, and achieving 24/7 response to 100% of the catchment area by year 4. The population of focus includes all edmond residents experiencing behavioral‑health crises, including those who are justice‑involved or have co‑occurring conditions. Strategies include building formal crisis‑response partnerships; implementing continuous quality improvement through data collection, data‑sharing agreements, and customer‑feedback surveys; conducting crisis system planning and mapping; and strengthening workforce capacity through child‑specific and ongoing behavioral‑health training. Goals are to enhance mct services, build and formalize partnerships, implement cqi, engage stakeholders in crisis‑system planning, expand training for crisis responders and partners, and sustain mct operations beyond the grant period. Measurable objectives include formalizing partnerships by year 1, implementing cqi by month 12, delivering biannual stakeholder engagement, completing child‑specific training for all mct staff by month 18, and finalizing a financial sustainability plan by the end of year 1.