Tag: RIGHT Care
Implementation of 988 line, community-based programs helping Texas address behavioral health crises
This article was published by State of Reform on March 18, 2024. Read the full article on State of Reform’s website. Behavioral health experts and community leaders met at the 2024 Texas State of Reform…
TV’s “Dr. Drew” shines national spotlight on Dallas’s RIGHT Care Team
Meadows Institute president and CEO discusses transforming mental health emergency response on Fox Business
‘Force Multiplier’: Dallas’ RIGHT Care Unit Responds to Mental Health Crises Across the City
This article was originally published by the Dallas Observer on January 2, 2024. For nearly six years, Dallas has been seeing success with its RIGHT Care Unit, a team of professionals who respond to 911…
Galveston’s mental health unit making a difference, officials say
This article was published by Galveston County Daily News on May 4, 2023. The woman had tried to commit suicide Wednesday night. On Thursday afternoon, she was sitting in the alley behind a gas station…
Galveston Launches Mental Health Crisis Response Teams
GALVESTON – Galveston city and county officials, in partnership with the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and other Galveston foundations today announced the launch of a…
How Meadows Is Diversifying Crisis Response in Texas
This article was published by D Magazine on March 20, 2023. Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute is helping other cities launch teams that can respond to mental health crises and divert individuals experiencing psychiatric episodes…
When People Face a Mental Health Crisis, What’s the Best Response?
This article was published by PEW Trust Magazine on December 19, 2022. A black SUV pulls up to an empty storefront in Abilene, Texas, where a man is sleeping on the sidewalk. He looks to…
Galveston Celebrates New Mental Health Unit, Hurdles Remain
This article was originally published by the The Galveston Daily News on June 3, 2022. The city of Galveston on Thursday publicly committed to a bold new policing initiative that will create a unit to…
Galveston to Introduce Mental Health Response Unit
This article was originally published by The Galveston Daily News on June 2, 2022. When someone calls 911 in Galveston, three services stand by to respond to the emergency — police, fire and emergency medical…
Texas community to form holistic mental health crisis response teams
This article was originally published by American City & County on June 2, 2022. For decades, the responsibility of helping those experiencing a mental health crisis has fallen to police departments, and communities across the…
‘We Had to Work With Partners to Help Them See Mental Health as a Medical Need’
This article was originally published by The Pew Charitable Trusts on May 25, 2022. B.J. Wagner, the Senior Vice President of Health and Public Safety at Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, has been a key…
Mental Health Breakthrough In Dallas’ 911 RIGHT Care Unit
This article was originally published by The Black Wall Street Times on January 25, 2022. Purposed to address the behavioral crises of its citizenry, Dallas-based RIGHT Care Unit infuses mental health into law enforcement. A…
Dallas Program Shows Signs of Effectively Navigating Behavioral Health Emergencies
This article was originally published by The Pew Charitable Trusts on December 9, 2021. When a person is in mental health or substance use crisis, most communities dispatch law enforcement officers, who often lack the…
How the American Rescue Plan Act will help cities replace police with trained crisis teams for mental health emergencies
This article was originally published by the Brookings Institute on June 22, 2021. Last November, we co-authored a Brookings report on alternatives to police as first responders when dealing with people experiencing a mental health…
Mental Health & Police Reform: Are Intervention Teams Working?
RIGHT Care stands for Rapid Integrated Group Healthcare Team. It started in 2018 after a study from the Meadows Mental Health Institute found the number of mental health-related calls increased by 18 percent from 2012…
This program sends a social worker on 911 calls about mental health
If you call 911 in certain neighborhoods in Dallas, a licensed specialist at the dispatch center will determine if the call relates to a mental health crisis. If it does, it won’t just be the…
Texas House Committees on Corrections and Criminal Jurisprudence
SUMMARY – During the 85th Legislative Interim, the House Committees on Corrections and Criminal Jurisprudence held a joint hearing. Senior Director of Smart Justice B.J. Wagner presented to the joint committees on the Rapid...
Dallas Launches Coordinated Response Program for Behavioral Health Calls
The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI), Dallas FireRescue Department (DFR), Dallas Police Department (DPD), and Parkland Health & Hospital System today announced the launch of the Rapid Integrated Group Healthcare Team (RIGHT Care) pilot…