Program Descriptions
Admin - Behavioral Health & Crisis Services
This program leads, oversees, and guides the administration of Behavioral Health and Crisis Services (BHCS). It coordinates the implementation of the strategic alignment plan, and the development of the County behavioral health continuum....
Read More Local Behavioral Health Authority
As the State-mandated Local Behavioral Health Authority (LBHA), this program is responsible for system planning, management, and oversight of the Montgomery County behavioral health system across the lifespan (behavioral health, mental health, and substance use disorders). The LBHA manages State and Federal grants as well as County-funded programs and ensures...
Read More 24-Hours Crisis Center
This program provides telephone, walk-in, mobile crisis outreach, single adult shelter system screening and referrals, and crisis residential services to persons experiencing situational, emotional, or mental health crises. The Crisis Center provides all services, twenty-four hours/day seven days/week. Much of the work of the Crisis Center focuses on providing the...
| Program Performance Measures | Actual
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| Number of walk-in contacts 1 | 5,180 | 4,602 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Number of students identified by schools to be at risk who were referred to the Crisis Center 2 | 1,630 | 1,206 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,300 |
| Percent of students identified by schools to be at risk that are stabilized utilizing community resources without hospital intervention 3 | 89% | 88% | 89% | | |
Read More Trauma Services
Trauma Services (TS) includes the Abused Persons Program (APP) for partner violence and the Victim Assistance and Sexual Assault Program (VASAP) for sexual assaults and general/violent crimes, including services to surviving family members of homicide and other tragic/traumatic deaths. Trauma Services provides comprehensive, individualized, and culturally appropriate clinical and victim...
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| Number of new Partner Abuse victims served 1 | 1,639 | 1,450 | 1,595 | 1,755 | 1,931 |
| Number of Partner Abuse victim clients waiting for counseling service (monthly average) 2 | 17 | 43 | 30 | | |
| Percent of clients receiving therapy that demonstrate improvement on a domestic violence rating scale 3 | 98% | 98% | 99% | | |
Read More Outpatient Behavioral Health Services - Child
Adolescent Outpatient Behavioral Health Services - Child offers comprehensive substance use prevention, substance use and mental health screenings, mental health treatment, and care coordination services for Montgomery County youth and their families, particularly for the most vulnerable. Services are individualized, child-focused, family-driven, culturally and linguistically appropriate, and accessible via office,...
| Program Performance Measures | Actual
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| Number of unduplicated clients served 1 | 462 | 567 | 600 | 600 | 600 |
| Percent of clients who show reduction in severity of mental health symptoms 2 | 67% | 65% | 70% | | |
Read More Access To Behavioral Health Services
Access to Behavioral Health Services connects uninsured and low-income consumers with mental health and/or substance abuse problems to the appropriate community services by providing information and referral, and behavioral health screenings and assessments. To provide effective engagement in needed services, program staff also provide short-term case management and psychiatric services...
| Program Performance Measures | Actual
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| Total number of unduplicated clients served 1 | 3,171 | 3,882 | 3,800 | 3,800 | 3,800 |
| Percent of clients referred keeping first appointment with community provider 2 | 74% | 64% | 68% | | |
| Percent of customers satisfied with Access staff services 3 | 100% | 92% | 95% | | |
Read More Adult Behavioral Health Services
Adult Behavioral Health Services is an Outpatient Mental Health Center (OMHC) that serves primarily individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Services are site-based and include psychiatric evaluation and medication management; individual, group and family therapy; as well as office-based management services. Collaboration with family members, collateral treatment providers, and...
| Program Performance Measures | Actual
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| Number of clients served 1 | 253 | 261 | 280 | 300 | 300 |
| Percent of clients showing improvement in functioning and decreased symptoms - BASIS 24 Scale 2 | 49% | 58% | 60% | | |
Read More Adult Forensic Services
Adult Forensic Services is comprised of four programs: 1) Clinical Assessment and Transition Services (CATS) provides assessment and post-booking diversion services to newly booked inmates with behavioral health issues, and discharge planning for those being released to the community. The Forensic Liaison supports the Competency Docket with reentry recommendations for...
| Program Performance Measures | Actual
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| Total number of unduplicated clients served 1 | 1,603 | 2,556 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| Percent of Mental Health Court clients who completed program 2 | 78% | 83% | 80% | | |
| Percent of Jail Addiction Services clients that were not reincarcerated within a year of program completion | 70% | 71% | 75% | | |
| Percent of STEER participants who attend first treatment appointment 3 | 68% | 57% | 61% | | |
| Percent of customers satisfied with Adult Forensic services 4 | 80% | 66% | 75% | | |
Read More Treatment Services
This program provides overall management of the County-operated publicly funded Behavioral Health Continuum of Care and provides administrative support for the managerial duties of the Treatment Services Administrator....
Read More Specialty Behavioral Health Services
Specialty Behavioral Health Services is comprised of the Adult Drug Court Treatment Program, the Medication Assisted Treatment Program (MAT), and the Urine Monitoring Program. The Drug Court program delivers outpatient and intensive outpatient levels of care, in addition to psychiatric interventions and medication assisted treatment. The MAT program works with...
| Program Performance Measures | Actual
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| Number of Specialty Behavioral Health Services clients served 1 | 178 | 264 | 275 | 300 | 300 |
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