Frederick County, Maryland is in need of a Contractor who will provide Mobile Crisis and Stabilization Services (MCS) for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, supporting children, youth, families and adults in Frederick County. The awarded Contractor will respond to calls from the hospital Emergency Department, law enforcement agencies, and the community at large, and will conduct in-person, face-to-face screening of individuals and families to determine appropriate intervention and/or follow-up. This may include admission to a residential crisis program as appropriate and available. MCS is also available to individuals who receive other services from the awarded Contractor who are in crisis and, if not for MCS, would access 911 and Emergency Department services. Mobile Crisis Response and Stabilization Services is a general term for an on-demand community-based set of activities provided face-to-face and deployed in real time to the location of a person experiencing an urgent behavioral health issue or crisis. The goal of these services is to de-escalate the individual’s situation, decrease emotional distress, and ensure their safety, thereby improving behavioral health outcomes. Additionally, these services seek to avoid unnecessary emergency department care, psychiatric inpatient hospitalizations, and engagement with the criminal legal system due to behavioral health challenges.
