Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

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Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

• Partner to Montebello Unified School District

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What is our role in LA County?

• DMH is the local mental health plan in Los
  Angeles County
• Serves approximately 1 million residents/year
• Provides mental health services to all ages, from
  infants through old age
• Contracts with other mental health agencies to
  provide mental health services and monitors
  service provision

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What is our role for MUSD?

• We have at least 8 providers providing mental
  health services to Medi-cal eligible children in
  approximately 27 MUSD schools
• The Safe Schools/Healthy Schools grant will
  increase the numbers of at-risk or seriously
  emotionally disturbed students who can be treated
  by mental health
• All current MUSD providers, including 4 recently
  added providers, will be part of the grants
  developing vision for mental health services

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What is our role for MUSD?

• DMH will provide consultation on policies and
  procedures for services provided under the grant
• We will work with MUSDs Mental Health Liaison to
  integrate the services into the schools
• We will collaborate with the Liaison to eliminate
  any barriers to efficient service delivery

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What services does DMH provide?

• Outpatient therapy individual, family, and
  group
• Medication Support
• Crisis Intervention
• CALWORKS
• School-based mental health
• Intensive programs, some are 24/7

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Intensive Programs Have Specific Criteria

• Wraparound
• Systems of Care
• Full Service Partnerships
• Specialized Foster Care
• TBS Therapeutic Behavioral Services

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DMH Emergency Outreach Bureau

• PMRT Psychiatric Mobile Response Team
• Has a mandate to serve all school children in Los
  Angeles County, but particularly for all DCFS and
  Probation youth
• Will come out to evaluate a client in a crisis
  and will hospitalize if necessary
• During clinic hours (800a-500p) call Service
  Area team.
• SA7 562/467-0209. SA3 626/258-2004/05.
• After hours call ACCESS 800/854-7771

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DMH Emergency Outreach Bureau

• MEU/SMART Mental Evaluation Unit and
  System-wide Mental Assessment Response Team
• To reduce potential for violence during police
  contacts with people with severe mental illness
• MEU offers referral info to patrol units to help
  provide linkage to services as well as
  dispatching SMART teams to scene
• SMART provides intervention, referral or
  placement for mentally ill person
• SMART team consists of one police officer and one
  DMH clinician

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Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

• Questions about these services? Contact Carol
  Sagusti, LCSW, 213/738-3468.
• Were happy to be part of MUSDs partnership!