First Call for Help of Itasca County
First Call for Help of Itasca County
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More about this organization
Mission
First call for help of Itasca County is a private, nonprofit community organization whose mission is to provide free, confidential and nonjudgement crisis intervention, active listening, and information and referral services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to the residents and agencies of North Central Minnesota.
About
Crisis intervention: In 2017 the first call for help crisis team operated 24/7/365 with 24 MHP staff who responded to 4232 mental health calls to residents of Itasca County. Year end accomplishments include conducting 832 face to face mental health assessments, 521 crisis interventions, 618 phone assessments, and 1090 stabilization contacts for individuals in crisis. We provided crisis services and facilitated care to 133 individuals who were not the financial responsibility of Itasca County but were located within our county when the required services. We facilitated referrals to MNSURE for 198 individuals who were not insured and received assessments by our team. We facilitated behavioral health unit placements for 203 individuals and crisis placement of 59 in efforts to avoid BH hospitalization.
