CLINTON, Md. – Today, RI International and Totally Linking Care held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Dyer Care Center, a new crisis stabilization center in Prince George’s County. The Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (“Commission”) celebrates Totally Linking Care’s accomplishment in opening this Center.
The Dyer Care Center is the first-ever facility in Prince George’s County to provide short-term personalized emergency crisis services to adults experiencing a mental health and/or substance use crisis. The new 24/7/365 Crisis Center will improve the quality of care and outcomes for individuals experiencing behavioral health crises and alleviate pressure on hospital emergency departments, law enforcement, and EMS by redirecting patients experiencing a behavioral health crisis to a safer, more appropriate environment than hospital emergency departments.
“Growing behavioral health services and creating alternate settings of care outside of hospitals is more important than ever. The Dyer Center will provide crucial, much-needed care for residents in crisis in Prince George’s County,” said Maryland Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott.
The Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (“Commission”) provided financial support for this crisis stabilization center through the Commission’s Regional Partnership Catalyst Program. The Regional Partnership Catalyst Program supports Maryland’s statewide population health goals under Maryland’s Total Cost of Care Model (or “Maryland Model”). “A key benefit of our unique Maryland Model is the ability to invest in partnerships and interventions that improve the health of our communities. Expanding access to behavioral health services is crucial, and we are proud that our Model can enable important partnerships like this,” said HSCRC Chairman Joshua Sharfstein.
Through the Regional Partnership Program, the Commission awarded $79.1 million in funding for a 5-year period (2021- 2025) to three hospital/community partnerships to implement behavioral health crisis services. Totally Linking Care Maryland was awarded $22.9 million under this Program. Totally Linking Care is a nonprofit coalition of six hospitals serving Southern Maryland. The other partnerships that received funding are TRIBE (located on the Eastern Shore) and Greater Baltimore Regional Integrated Crisis System. These partnerships are focused on implementing one or more elements of the evidence-based CRISIS Now Model, such as crisis call centers that coordinate across the system of care in real time, 24/7 mobile crisis, or crisis stabilization programs.
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