Clarksville police department CO-responds with mental health/crisis providers. - clarksville's behavioral health mobile crisis team partnership with centerstone (c-mctp) will benefit clarksville…

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the City of Clarksville $750,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532).

The City of Clarksville's Behavioral Health Mobile Crisis Team Partnership with Centerstone (C-MCTP) will operate two-person mobile crisis co-response teams providing in-person crisis intervention and post-crisis support services in Clarksville, Tennessee. The program aims to divert individuals in mental health or substance use disorder crisis from criminal justice involvement and hospital emergency departments while reducing suicide and overdose deaths. C-MCTP will serve approximately 600 individuals over the four-year period of performance (150 per year). The focus population comprises individuals age 5 and older experiencing mental health or substance use crises in Clarksville.

Capacity-building strategies include expanded staff positions to increase access to mobile crisis co-response and post-crisis support; expanded community partnerships to strengthen the crisis care continuum; and increased access to evidence-based training including Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), and Crisis Assistance and Lethality Management (CALM) training. The award covers the period of performance from September 30, 2026, through September 29, 2030.

Clarksville police department CO-responds with mental health/crisis providers. - clarksville's behavioral health mobile crisis team partnership with centerstone (c-mctp) will benefit clarksville residents, supporting capacity building efforts to deliver enhanced mobile crisis CO-response team services that aim to divert individuals in crisis from criminal justice involvement and hospital emergency departments, reduce deaths from suicide and overdose, etc. C-mctp will serve 600 individuals (i.e., Y1-Y4: 150/YR., annually) via mobile crisis CO-response. C-mctp will benefit/serve a focus population comprising individuals (ages 5+) appropriate for crisis CO-response services who are experiencing a mental health or SUD crisis in clarksville, tennessee. In 2021, only 5% of area law enforcement officers received CIT training. Focus population characteristics are expected to mirror montgomery county, comprising 73% adults ages 18+ and 23% children/youth ages 5-17; approximately 50% are male, and 50%, female. Anticipated clinical characteristics include an estimated 26.5% of adults with any mental illness (AMI) and nearly 15% of area youth ages 12-17 have had serious thoughts of suicide. Approximately 26.5% of adults are expected to have SUD; 2%, opioid use disorder; and 9%, CO-occurring SUD/AMI. About 29% of those with SMI are expected to have police involved in their pathway to care. Child welfare system involvement is expected to mimic the state rate of 9.2%. C-mctp's strategies and interventions to increase capacity include expanded staff positions to increase access to mobile crisis CO-response and post-crisis support services; expanded community partnerships to strengthen the existing crisis care continuum and collaboration; and increased access to evidence-based training for the safe and successful prevention, early identification, and/or intervention of crisis events (e.g., CIT, mhfa, calm). C-mctp's 2-person CO-response teams will provide in-person response including screening/assessment; community stabilization; safety planning; referral to enhanced services after stabilization; and post-crisis follow-up. C-mctp will conduct community crisis mapping/planning to identify service needs/gaps, provide crisis intervention training, develop protocols to improve coordination with first responders and community providers, coordinate with relevant state efforts, and implement a QI plan to track outcomes. C-mctp will accomplish the following goals: 1) develop a sound infrastructure to expand mobile crisis CO-response services for children, youth, and adults (ages 5+) residing in clarksville, tennessee; 2) increase community capacity to identify/address emerging behavioral health threats; prevent substance misuse, abuse, and addiction; and address serious mental illness; 3) improve crisis system performance via enhanced MCT CO-response protocols that align with best practices; 4) improve behavioral health outcomes via increased access to evidence-based treatment for mental illness, substance use disorder, and CO-occurring disorders; and 5) develop and implement a plan to support financial and programmatic sustainability, ensuring mobile crisis services availability can continue beyond the funding period. As a result of these goals/improvements, the project will achieve the following measurable objectives among populations receiving crisis response: screen 100%, refer 100% to needed services, achieve access to/use of services among 60%, reduce suicide risk for 100%, and reduce arrest/detention by 30%. The project will achieve the following measurable objectives in community served: resolve 70% of mcrt responses in the community, divert 40% from law enforcement arrest, and increase knowledge of effective crisis response and other best practices among 60% of individuals/providers trained.