Edmond's mobile crisis team partnership

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the City of Edmond, Oklahoma $750,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532) to expand and enhance behavioral health mobile crisis team services serving Edmond and surrounding areas.

The recipient will establish a behavioral health provider-only mobile crisis team, hire project management and evaluation staff, formalize written crisis response partnerships with key community providers, and develop a continuous quality improvement process. By month 6 of the award, the mobile crisis provider will deliver 24/7 response to 50 percent of the service catchment area within 1 hour, expanding to full catchment coverage by year 4. The project diverts children, youth, and adults experiencing mental health or substance use crises from law enforcement-only responses and emergency rooms, bridges the gap between 988 suicide and crisis lifeline services and crisis stabilization services, and aims to reduce deaths from suicide and overdose.

Performance occurs in Edmond, Oklahoma, with a period of performance from September 30, 2026, through September 29, 2030. The award is structured as a Project Grant, the assistance type supporting knowledge development and application projects, training, and systems change initiatives under the federal program.

Abstract

The proposed city of edmond behavioral health mobile crisis team partnership (bhmctp) project will serve the city of edmond, oklahoma. The city will enhance mobile crisis team (MCT) services and build and strengthen partnerships that bridge the GAP between 988 and crisis stabilization services, this will benefit edmond residents of all ages as well as residents of surrounding areas who use and rely on city infrastructure. The goals of edmond's bhmctp project are to divert children, youth, and adults experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis from law enforcement-only responses and hospital emergency rooms and to reduce deaths from suicide and overdose by strengthening partnerships across the crisis continuum and enhancing MCT services. The edmond bhmctp goals and measurable objectives are: goal 1. The city will expand and enhance the behavioral health provider-only (BHP-only) MCT. OBJ.1.1. By month 1, hire a .5 FTE project director, a .25 FTE project evaluator, and contract with an evaluation consultant. 1.2. By month 4, develop and adopt a BHP-only MCT implementation plan. 1.3. By month 5, contract with an MCT provider to add BHP-only MCT capacity and deliver MCT services. 1.4. By month 6, the MCT provider will provide 24/7 mobile crisis response to 50% of the catchment area within 1 hour, increasing to 100% by the end of year 4. Goal 2. Establish formal community crisis response partnerships with key providers. 2.1. By month 6, identify key crisis providers, document their services, and determine if a formal written agreement is in place. 2.2. By month 12, formalize/revise partnerships. 2.3. Beginning in year 2, review formal partnerships annually. Goal 3. Develop and adopt a continuous quality improvement (CQI) process to monitor and improve MCT services. 3.1. By month 6, establish data collection protocols to collect required samhsa data and key performance indicators. 3.2. By month 9, implement formal data sharing agreements with the MCT provider. 3.3. By month 9, launch a post-crisis customer satisfaction survey. 3.4. By month 12, launch a CQI process. 3.5. Beginning in year 2, review quarterly data reports. 3.6. Beginning in year 2, review and revise the CQI plan annually. Goal 4. Regularly engage community stakeholders and conduct crisis system planning and mapping. 4.1. By month 3, conduct crisis system planning and asset mapping. 4.2. Beginning in month 6 and biannually thereafter, convene a stakeholder meeting to gather input on crisis system data and findings. 4.3. By year 2 and annually thereafter, update the crisis system map. Goal 5. Build the capacity of edmond's MCT workforce and community partners to address residents' crisis needs. 5.1. By month 6, develop a training plan. 5.2. Beginning in year 2, review and revise the training plan. 5.3. Beginning in month 7 and annually thereafter, facilitate access to initial trainings for the MCT and community partners. 5.4. By month 9, incorporate child-specific training into the MCT curriculum. 5.5. By month 12, 50% of MCT staff will have completed the child-specific training; the other 50% will complete the training by month 18. Goal 6. Sustain MCT services and its partnership infrastructure beyond the life of the grant. 6.1. By the end of year 1, complete a formal financial sustainability plan. 6.2. Beginning in year 2 and annually thereafter, review and update the financial sustainability plan with the target of fully sustaining MCT services at the end of the grant period.