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Harris County Mental Health Services Expansion

Active — expanding now
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12 mobile crisis response teams
New teams
Fifth Ward crisis stabilization
New center
Harris County 2022 initiative
Funding
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The expansion includes 12 new mobile crisis response teams, a 24-hour crisis stabilization center in the Fifth Ward area, and a diversion program to connect people from jail to mental health services. Community advocates pushed for years to redirect funding from incarceration to treatment.

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