Description
The Douglas County Behavioral Task Force is a partnership of regional agencies, providers, and community partners working together to improve patient care outcomes by working collaboratively to meet all behavioral health needs and speak with one voice. Click HERE for more information on the Behavioral Health Task Force.
Members
• Partnership Douglas County
• Family Support Council
• Tahoe Youth and Family
• Suicide Prevention Network
• Douglas County Social Services
• Douglas Counseling & Supportive Services – Rural Clinics
• East Fork Fire Protection District
• Douglas County Sheriff's Office
• Northern Nevada Regional Behavioral Health Coordinator
• Carson Valley Medical Center Hospital: Vitality for Life, Emergency Department and Social Worker
• Carson Tahoe Hospital
• Tahoe Douglas Fire
• Douglas County Public Guardian
• Private providers
Vision
A community that works together to address all behavioral health needs. A system that is smooth for the individual. One County wide program that is networked together. There is not a wrong door. A system that is a continuum of services.
Purpose
To improve patient care outcomes by working collaboratively to meet all behavioral health needs and speak with one voice.
Recent Documents Relevant to the Behavioral Health Task Force
• Behavioral Health Community Efforts
• Douglas County Stepping Up Report
The Douglas County Mobile Outreach Safety Team (MOST)
About
The Douglas County Mobile Outreach Safety Team (MOST) is composed of a licensed clinical social worker and a deputy sheriff to create a skilled intervention team to check up on local residents experiencing a crisis.
MOST Team Agencies
• Douglas County Social Services
• Douglas County Sheriff's Office
• Douglas Counseling & Supportive Services – Rural Clinics
If you are in crisis, please call 911.
To make a non-emergency referral to MOST:
1. Call Non-Emergency Douglas County Dispatch: (775) 782-5126
2. Tell Dispatch you want to make a MOST referral
3. Provide the following:
• Your name and contact information (your name remain confidential).
• Name of individual(s) being referred.
• How the individual(s) can be contacted.
(Example: address, phone number, etc.)
• Reason for referral.
The more detail you provide, the better!