Project Title
Syracuse Mobile Crisis Outreach Project
Grant Amount
$149,678
Priority Area
Special Projects Fund
Date Awarded
November 16, 2006
Region
Central NY
Status
In Progress
Website
Too many individuals rely on a single source of acute mental health care— the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) at St Joseph’s Hospital Health Center—despite whether or not they require intensive emergency services.
Prior to 2007, CPEP had performed very limited outreach and used existing clinical staff to do so. CPEP’s leadership believed they could increase access to mental health services in the community through use of a mobile crisis team staffed by trained clinicians.