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Behavioral Health Conditions Reach Crisis Levels: Counties Urge Stronger Intergovernmental Partnership and Outcomes

Counties are facing an acute escalation of the mental and behavioral health crisis. In a recent NACo survey, 75 percent of counties reported an increase in the incidence of behavioral health conditions over the past year and 89 percent reported an increase compared to five years ago.

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Mental Health Awareness Month: County Participation Toolkit

This May, we invite the nation’s 3,069 counties, parishes and boroughs to participate in Mental Health Awareness month.
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Toolkit for Counties: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The nationwide transition to 988 on July 16, 2022 provides an easier way for people experiencing mental distress to access the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. This number will connect callers to trained counselors 24 hours a day, seven days a week, via text, chat or phone to de-escalate and triage the behavioral health emergency.

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NACo Commission on Mental Health and Wellbeing

The NACo Commission on Mental Health and Wellbeing brings together county leaders from across the nation to take action to address the ever-growing mental health crisis from the county government perspective.
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Familiar Faces Initiative: Improving Outcomes through Coordinated Heath & Justice Systems

The Familiar Faces Initiative empowers communities to share data and integrate care options between health and justice systems so they can intervene earlier, improve outcomes and reduce incarceration and hospitalization rates.
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The Stepping Up Initiative

In May 2015, NACo and partners at the CSG Justice Center and APA Foundation launched Stepping Up: A National Initiative to Reduce the Number of People with Mental Illnesses in Jails.
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Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid, a skills-based training administered by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, teaches people how to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges in their peers, friends and colleague

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Featured Experts

Elise Simonsen

Associate Program Director – Behavioral Health & Justice
Blaire Bryant

Legislative Director – Health | Large Urban County Caucus
Brett Mattson

Legislative Director – Justice & Public Safety | Gulf States Counties & Parishes Caucus
Nina Ward

Senior Program Manager – Behavioral Health & Justice
Nastassia Walsh

Director of Programs and Operations