Travis County jail system serves as leading mental health provider; efforts underway to establish mental health diversion centers for acute psychiatric care, aiming to reduce recidivism.
Officials working on opening pilot center with intensive services to divert individuals with 15 beds; estimated start of services in July; advancing through project phases with focus on potential sites.
Engagement in extensive planning process evident in project stages, committees, and working groups towards resolving mental health care crisis; pilot program to focus on voluntary holds.
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