Behavioral Health Partnership for Early Diversion
The Behavioral Health Partnerships for Early Diversion of Youth and Adults is a SAMHSA funded grant that aims to divert youth and adults at risk of a behavioral health crisis from law enforcement/justice system involvement to the crisis centers.
Activities of the Early Diversion Program include:
- Increase partnerships with referring partners like schools, law enforcement, and hospitals, and increase community awareness of crisis centers.
- Provide in-person services to people experiencing a behavioral health crisis in the crisis centers and refer clients to community-based resources.
- Collaborate with community stakeholders to increase crisis intervention and behavioral health training among first responders across the region.
- Develop an innovative community paramedicine program in Washington County to increase access to behavioral health crisis care in rural Idaho.
Want to learn more or become a referral provider of the crisis centers? Email the Early Diversion Program Coordinator Wendy Young at wendy.young@swdh.id.gov.
To view a recorded version of the training provided by the Early Diversion Program on the Crisis System of Care in Southwest Idaho, please visit SWDH’s YouTube page!
