Youth mobile crisis intervention (YMCI)
If your child or teen has a behavioral health (mental health and/or substance use) crisis, you can call a mobile crisis intervention (YMCI) team 24 hours a day, seven days a week to help safely stabilize the child.
This team is made up of behavioral health care providers and paraprofessionals who travel to where your child is (e.g., home, school, child-care center) to provide on-site, face-to-face help. The team can stay involved for up to 7 days and also support the family by phone.
YMCI includes:
- A crisis assessment
- Development of a short-term plan to help your child remain in the home and avoid an out-of-home placement or hospitalization
- Psychiatric consultation and urgent psychopharmacology intervention (as needed)
- Help getting additional services and support