Co-Responders' Goals: Filling Behavioral Health Gaps
March 23, 2022
Series:
Community Care Conversations
Host:
Kimberley Bjorn
Guests:
Sgt. Darren Moss, Jr.
- Public Information Officer - Pierce County Sheriff's Department
Chantel Quintero
- Supervisor - MultiCare Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention
In Pierce County, Wash., a co-responders’ program is meeting community needs by providing appropriate, supportive and accountable behavioral health services to clients who might otherwise end up in emergency rooms or jails. Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Darren Moss, Jr. and Chantel Quintero, a behavioral health crisis intervention supervisor for MultiCare, explain how the program changes lives and saves money.
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