[{"_1":2,"_99":-5,"_100":-5},"loaderData",{"_3":4,"_26":27},"root",{"_5":6,"_17":10,"_18":19,"_20":21,"_22":10,"_23":-5,"_24":-5,"_25":10},"user",{"_7":8,"_9":10,"_11":10,"_12":-5,"_13":-5,"_14":15,"_16":-5},"roles",[],"isAuthenticated",false,"isPremium","planName","subscriptionStatus","featureFlags",{},"insightsBudget","isDevelopmentHost","userPreferences",{},"recaptchaSiteKey","6LcvOJcUAAAAAHsB-gPGfGktcRlKpH7OTIU_dMTD","isImpersonating","impersonation","affiliateStatus","isFreedomPortal","routes/v2/article/layout",{"_28":29,"_30":31},"notFound",true,"relatedArticles",[32,75,87],{"_33":34,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":40,"_41":42,"_43":44,"_45":46,"_47":48,"_49":50,"_51":52,"_53":54,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":60,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":66,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},"mediaId",6589687,"mediaKeyId","5496984-3f82c2499d93dd1c0eaf67517af84f9c","parentId",5496984,"title","Thriving Mind presents safety‑net Baker Act data; board debates bylaws, presentation limits and a communications subcommittee","audioSeconds",1272,"startMs",5248000,"endMs",6520000,"viewUrl","/Search/View?dp=1&key=5496984-3f82c2499d93dd1c0eaf67517af84f9c&start=5248&end=6520","thumbnailUrl","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5496984-3f82c2499d93dd1c0eaf67517af84f9c/thumbnail_5248000.jpg","articleUrl","/articles/6589687/Miami-Dade-County/Florida/Thriving-Mind-presents-safetynet-Baker-Act-data-board-debates-bylaws-presentation-limits-and-a-communications-subcommittee","mediaUrl","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6589687-46587aa8e6f4d82ce498135ee01bb27a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770431600&Signature=O4fkZqB3bhlhFxuW~5LhxjbVEuyiON2O3bmdOnqHZgESkung~QykEsraC5M~VU6BH0GjDHzMoGwJMjMyGGaUNn0WYDh0nXuzxaJXXIfLdrVZsrr72rCjRDZKgoEx8ByJsAouo4NwIEYpvSLTcM4YXg1bZJgs~cTuVLRL6vXe-GCKs3xyK8VB6~S39VdyRZD2SpOi6U3nQQC9TawDGxKuWc7qRMacet9djXEu-5kzsirsY-D590Z-fnnVzCJzAgpbQkuzYMoyHcn7-w4w4wrYODKk6uwOKbDLS~nCxjrwpFnytiaaswC3tqiyUBbsNhD4nFopTIyGYrPdeb3wIYxO1w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","author","Miami-Dade County","date","2025-07-29T00:00:00Z","article","Thriving Mind staff presented safety‑net Baker Act and crisis stabilization data to the Miami‑Dade Behavioral Health Advisory Board on July 29, and advisory board members followed with questions about data scope, systemwide tracking and internal governance.

Lauren Neredo of Thriving Mind summarized the dataset the board had requested. The packet focused on the safety‑net population (uninsured and underinsured patients the managing entity serves) and did not include all private‑sector crisis data. Thriving Mind reported that among the dataset provided: males outnumbered females in crisis encounters (1,374 males v. 770 females in the dataset cited), the average length of stay in crisis stabilization units was six days, and readmission within 30 days for those units was 12%. The presentation noted that ZIP codes with the largest counts in the safety‑net dataset included 33134 and 33055; presenters cautioned that incident location and CSU location can affect ZIP‑code tallies.

Thriving Mind staff and DCF representatives warned the board the dataset was incomplete for the countywide picture and said the department’s datasets and the new e‑Baker Act process can provide expanded reports on public and private facilities on request. Lourdes Dorado (DCF) told the board there are 17 adult Baker Act receiving facilities in Miami‑Dade County (four public CSUs and eight private) and four child receiving facilities (one public CSU and three private), and that ongoing efforts could add additional capacity.

Board discussion then shifted to internal rules and communications. Members proposed limiting external presentations so the board can reserve more time for strategic decisions. Several members recommended a maximum of two presentations per meeting and a 15‑minute total allotment (presentation plus Q&A) for each, and suggested forming a communications subcommittee to craft a unified public messaging strategy (for example, NAMI’s 988 awareness campaign and county‑level outreach). Some members urged the board to defer a final vote on bylaws and presentation rules until the board chair could participate; others asked that staff provide a draft bylaws document before the next meeting so the board can focus discussion on components specific to this advisory board.

Formal motions and votes recorded in the meeting included the following actions: the chair ruled that the item to defer the vice‑chair appointment would be moved to the next meeting and the board approved that deferral in a voice vote; the minutes from the April 21 meeting were moved by Judge Naseem Saifie and seconded by Alfredo Hernandez and approved as amended (the clerk will change some names and correct a wording about an involuntary Baker Act case); and the board moved to adjourn at meeting end. Board members asked staff to circulate a draft bylaws document and calendar invites for future meetings.

Why it matters: the board is the county’s advisory body on behavioral health. The Thriving Mind safety‑net dataset gave members an operational snapshot of crisis stabilization outcomes and limits, and the board used the meeting to set process priorities — data aggregation, messaging and a proposed rules framework — that will shape future oversight and advice to county commissioners.

Next steps: staff were asked to prepare draft bylaws, circulate calendar invites for the coming year and return with additional systemwide metrics on follow‑up care and transitions out of CSUs.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Miami-Dade County - Behavioral Health Advisory Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Thriving Mind staff presented safety‑net Baker Act and crisis stabilization data to the Miami‑Dade Behavioral Health Advisory Board on July 29, and advisory board members followed with questions about data scope, systemwide tracking and internal governance.","taxTitle","Miami-Dade County, Florida","taxId",2864,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6589692,"Rogers Behavioral Health outlines local PHP/IOP services, first‑responder virtual program and residential options",2083,2939000,5022000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5496984-3f82c2499d93dd1c0eaf67517af84f9c&start=2939&end=5022","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5496984-3f82c2499d93dd1c0eaf67517af84f9c/thumbnail_2939000.jpg","/articles/6589692/Miami-Dade-County/Florida/Rogers-Behavioral-Health-outlines-local-PHPIOP-services-firstresponder-virtual-program-and-residential-options","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6589692-5d318660480e27cd899f8fc00128bb39/orig.mp4?Expires=1770431600&Signature=RVXI2ZJdAASYUXyWxJvwmjFaQX1baCoYrqD8gM0rQvVI7k7IqsHbKx0WTDF~CbtqJ1vXpmOUcrc7n-czwfo~JzueOcp3V6-HfcS0kg0vwnFfjzbDVxBQ4kXrAT5OZXQx0Y5Su0SfHcSJvq5wmXNzfh-gmM0W5QgwGsSP48QLjH2~8TgI7B1wHSqzCuV5o2F4hOb~nnFfPSZaI34~TJBMn6F77RmnO-jchHwgttTWqzJrGbo96NejYbBUHxQQkIYdritTpqv24E~xj9rgCbmNM-IMjtPyb~XzZepUFGzTtLqqA28X5o5RwKlUUZbOOdj6qDOTgliIst9GoCbFQ~-cew__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Rogers Behavioral Health representatives briefed the Miami‑Dade Behavioral Health Advisory Board on July 29 about the services available at their Miami clinic and the broader Rogers system of care.

Andrea Preisler, director of operations for Rogers Miami and Tampa, introduced the team; Dr. Heather Jones, vice president of clinical services, described clinical programs and outcomes. Rogers said the Miami clinic offers partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) services for children, adolescents and adults, is expanding outpatient services, and currently has capacity for 28 patients (including 8 child slots for PHP/IOP). \"We see children starting at the age of 6 in our Miami clinic,\" Jones said. The clinic reported six clinicians on staff at the time of the presentation and said it is recruiting to increase capacity.

Rogers emphasized evidence‑based treatments. Dr. Jones described exposure and response prevention (ERP) for obsessive‑compulsive and anxiety disorders, prolonged exposure and written exposure therapy for post‑traumatic stress, behavioral activation for depression and dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion‑regulation difficulties. She said Rogers measures outcomes with repeated self‑report instruments during care and reported a roughly 30% improvement in self‑reported quality of life during PHP/IOP episodes and effect sizes in the 0.8 range for their program metrics. The group reported a 7% readmission rate to Rogers services compared with a stated national average of about 22%.

Rogers also described specialty programs and a foundation that subsidizes care. The system operates residential programs in Wisconsin for OCD, eating disorders and trauma, and Rogers said 60 Florida residents accessed its residential programs in 2024. Dr. Jones said Rogers’ foundation provided roughly $1.8 million in patient care grants in 2023 to help make care accessible. Rogers said it is in network with major commercial payers; the Miami clinic was not accepting Medicaid at the time but the system is exploring Medicaid participation for Florida.

The board asked operational questions about capacity and access. Staff said they track discharge planning and warm handoffs, start discharge planning at intake, obtain releases of information to coordinate with outpatient providers and aim to confirm follow‑up care. Rogers’ local community liaison said she can arrange clinician‑to‑clinician meetings, tours and referrals.

Why it matters: the clinic provides local PHP/IOP options, family‑inclusive care and a virtual, evidence‑informed intensive outpatient program for first responders. Board members raised prevention‑versus‑treatment priorities for first responders and asked about therapies such as EMDR and ART; Rogers said EMDR is an evidence‑based option though the Miami clinic focuses on the therapies described in the presentation.

Rogers invited board members to visit the clinic and follow up on capacity and payer questions.","Rogers Behavioral Health presented its Miami clinic services, evidence‑based treatments (ERP, prolonged exposure, DBT), current capacity and outcomes, and described a virtual Fire Watch intensive outpatient program for first responders and a residential continuum in Wisconsin that treated Florida residents.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6589697,"WestCare mobile response team says it diverted 80% of calls, reports 3,175 crisis calls in fiscal year",3017,439000,3456000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5496984-3f82c2499d93dd1c0eaf67517af84f9c&start=439&end=3456","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5496984-3f82c2499d93dd1c0eaf67517af84f9c/thumbnail_439000.jpg","/articles/6589697/Miami-Dade-County/Florida/WestCare-mobile-response-team-says-it-diverted-80-of-calls-reports-3175-crisis-calls-in-fiscal-year","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6589697-5c4560cd623248d96a1c048a90353458/orig.mp4?Expires=1770431600&Signature=RmQwoJoTSXdw70h16Xalnzv3ChOe-9YSESvBtJ6r8Sv6QyvUV3aT3Qu5Pi3nS0dasQ7zZ~-DFe-KmyoP05GH8OsA4kUUaKiqo7ZCSZMkil2r61vowoTSha20sBo5GPRbV4LzRLYz55WEz3HW0Uv0grHDwaDi6p82OMsu-soYxOJFqM3yPbLM9JLMyh-jkPhOignvbsWA~VgOrjolveaHhpEIirei7ddu3BtRcfqGuKOSo-~jE9267WKuwcwyd0pk9Cnzn4Yw40YbGXwvZdC0ZNoGhdc1BecVnlWnY4Q098XemvrO-6Gh1PaegrepKRxYj0ueWuaMJjVrHARQcv7isQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Claudio Perez, acting chair of Miami‑Dade County’s Behavioral Health Advisory Board, on July 29 heard a presentation from WestCare Florida about its 24/7 Mobile Response Team (MRT) in Miami‑Dade County.

WestCare officials said the MRT received 3,175 crisis calls in the most recent fiscal year and aims to arrive within 60 minutes of a dispatch. “We have been able to respond within the hour,” said Luciana Beltran, program director for the MRT, during the presentation. Staff described a three‑team county deployment (north, central and south), master‑level dispatchers, licensed clinicians and peer specialists who perform in‑person crisis assessment, de‑escalation and continuity of care.

The presentation summarized outcomes and system metrics. WestCare reported that 80% of MRT calls were resolved without hospitalization and that 23% of calls resulted in a Baker Act involuntary examination (630 people), of whom the provider said 241 were minors and 389 were adults. WestCare said roughly 80% of Baker Act transports are completed via the MRT’s contracted ambulance service, MCT Express, and about 20% are transported by law enforcement. The program’s follow‑up model assigns a peer specialist to each case for outreach within 24 hours; presenters said 92% of peer follow‑ups were successful and the program’s recidivism (repeat callers) rate was about 8%.

Presenters noted rising call volume. \"From April 2023 to April 2025 we saw a 68% increase,\" Beltran said, and presenters described predictable peaks at the start and end of school terms. WestCare described demographic and referral patterns: approximately 63% of calls involved adults and 37% children; referral sources included family/friends (about 38%), schools (23%), law enforcement (10%) and self‑referrals (5%).

WestCare and board members detailed the team’s co‑responder pilot with the City of Miami police department: a law‑enforcement officer and clinician team dispatched to 911 calls that, according to presenters, reduced Baker Act rates on those calls from about 90% to roughly 30% in one month. Danny Blanco, chief operating officer for WestCare Florida, said the model initially operates limited hours but has shown “tremendous success” in lowering hospitalizations on those dispatches.

Board members asked for additional systemwide metrics. Vicky Sabaral of the Public Health Trust and Public Defender Carlos Martinez pressed WestCare on whether the MRT can document downstream hospital admissions, arrests or injuries tied to responses; presenters said the MRT’s recidivism metric is internal to the agency and that broader, aggregated data are not yet available to WestCare but are a target for future dashboards. \"That is 1 thing that we're gonna be working on as we look to the future — to bring collaboration and an aggregation of data so our whole entire system of care can be monitored on a dashboard,\" Blanco said.

Funding and sustainability were raised. Presenters and board members said the MRT is currently funded entirely by the state. \"It's a 100% state funded\" program, a presenter said; board members urged exploring braided funding from the county and school system to maintain response times and service quality as call volume grows.

Board members also asked operational questions about safety and outcomes. WestCare staff said there have been no arrests associated with MRT responses during the program’s two years of operation and no staff or client injuries reported. They described criteria for police support when a scene is unsafe and said teams coordinate with law enforcement when needed.

Why it matters: board members and providers told the advisory board that timely, community‑based crisis response can reduce emergency department burden, lower involuntary hospitalizations and provide follow‑up that keeps people connected to care. Presenters requested ongoing partnerships, stated plans to improve cross‑agency data sharing, and encouraged local funding diversification to preserve the 60‑minute response standard as demand rises.

The board’s next steps included requests for more aggregated outcome data and consideration of funding diversification. WestCare left contact information and offered to provide additional data to the board and county partners.","WestCare Florida presented operations and outcomes for its Miami‑Dade mobile response team (MRT), reporting 3,175 crisis calls in the most recent fiscal year, average response times under 60 minutes, a 23% Baker Act rate and peer‑specialist follow‑up showing a 92% success rate for non‑hospitalized clients.","actionData","errors"]

Article not found

Thriving Mind presents safety‑net Baker Act data; board debates bylaws, presentation limits and a communications subcommittee

Rogers Behavioral Health outlines local PHP/IOP services, first‑responder virtual program and residential options

WestCare mobile response team says it diverted 80% of calls, reports 3,175 crisis calls in fiscal year