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

Seneca County mobile crisis partnership - the Seneca County mobile crisis partnership will strengthen the county-operated 24/7 mobile crisis team serving all communities in Seneca County, New York, a rural county experiencing growing behavioral health and substance use crisis needs. The program will serve children, youth, adults, and older adults experiencing mental health and/or substance use crises, including individuals with co-occurring disorders, while also supporting community partners involved in crisis response. The project expands workforce capacity, enhances peer services, and improves data systems to support timely, clinically led, community-based crisis intervention. Key strategies include staff recruitment and retention; evidence-based crisis training for youth, older adults, and individuals with co-occurring disorders; strengthened peer integration; improved coordination with 988, ems, hospitals, law enforcement, and community providers; and formalized cross-system partnerships. Project goals are to increase organizational capacity, improve the quality and coordination of mobile crisis response, expand access to high‑quality crisis services, strengthen data-driven quality improvement, and improve outcomes for residents experiencing behavioral health crises. Measurable objectives include implementing all workforce and training activities, expanding peer support, improving partner coordination, and meeting performance indicators for response timeliness, follow-up engagement, staff competency, partnership participation, and quality improvement measures aligned with SAMHSA priorities.