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Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the interlocal agreement with the Austin Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center d/b/a Integral Care for the Expanded Mobile Crisis Outreach Team to provide mental health crisis services in collaboration with City first responders, to add one-time funding in an amount not to exceed $1,460,340, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $17,786,485. Funding: $1,460,340 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund.
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Lead Department
Community Court.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $1,460,340 is included in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund.
Prior Council Action:
August 14, 2024 - Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Budget, including Council Amendment Alter R-5 to allocate $1,460,340 to expand the Expanded Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (EMCOT) to 24/7 operations on a 10-1 vote.
September 14, 2023 - Council authorized negotiation and execution of an interlocal agreement with Integral Care for the EMCOT on an 8-0 vote.
For More Information:
Robert Kingham, Court Administrator, Downtown Austin Community Court (512) 974-1394.
Additional Backup Information:
Approval of this item will authorize Amendment No. 2 to the interlocal agreement with Integral Care for the Expanded Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (EMCOT) to add funding in the amount of $1,460,340 beginning on April 1, 2025. The EMCOT works with the City of Austin first responders to divert jail bookings and emergency department (ED) admissions, provide short-term community-based interventions to stabilize a person in a psychiatric crisis, and link these individuals to Integral Care services or other appropriate care in the community. EMCOT consists of a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals who operate with a high level of autonomy in a community-based setting, assess current medications, prescribe medications, and exerc...
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