Region 4 South Mental Health Consortium

Children's Mental Health Crisis Response Services (CRS)

Professional help 24/7 for children or youth experiencing a mental health crisis to help the child be safe, stay in their home, and get connected to support

Description

Crisis Response provides mental health crisis outreach to children and youth to help stabilize and end the crisis. Crisis support is provided by licensed mental health professionals. Crisis Response is available 24 hours a day, 7 days every week.

Crisis Response may include:

• Figuring out what is wrong, how to stabilize the situation and how to get help, in person or by phone
• A crisis support professional going to the home, school, work or wherever the child needs help
• Evaluation of risk of harm to the child or to others
• Making a plan to manage the current crisis and reduce future crises
• Short-term care to help find long-term support
• Help for hospitals, schools, or police who are working with children and youth in crisis

Additional Information

Provides 24/7 mobile mental health services which are short-term, face to face services designed to restore a person's functioning level to pre-crisis levels

Services provided:

• Crisis assessment and intervention
• Treatment planning
• Resource referrals
• Community resource education
• Priority appointment assistance
• Access to local, short-term crisis stabilizations faculties
• Collaboration between medical, psychological and social service agencies

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Douglas County
  • Grant County
  • Pope County
  • Stevens County
  • Traverse County

• Payment
  • Free / no cost to eligible clients
  • Medicaid (Medical Assistance)
  • Private health insurance

• Service Availability
  • 24 hours a day

• Specialization
  • Children and/or youth with disabilities

Eligibility

Children and youth up to age 21.

Young people can call for help. Parents or teachers can also call for help for a young person.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Serves Douglas, Grant, Pope, Stevens, and Traverse counties

Provides services in the community (at home or a community location where you feel comfortable meeting), hospitals, clinics, schools, jails, and emergency rooms.

Application Instructions

The state list of crisis phone numbers in each county is available online.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact the Crisis Line 24/7 for assistance: (701) 364-0431

Fee

Crisis Response is covered by most health insurance plans, including state health care programs like Medical Assistance (MA) and MinnesotaCare.

You can also get free help if you don't have insurance.