If you’re not busy on Monday, April 18 at 10 a.m. consider checking out the ribbon-cutting, preview, and tour of the new North Coastal Live Well Center Community-Based Crisis Stabilization Unit at 1701 Mission Ave., Oceanside.
Set to open on Monday, April 25, the CSU will provide community-based 24/7 walk-in mental health and substance use services for those in a behavioral health crisis, with stays of less than 24 hours.
On hand at the event will be several community officials including Chair Nathan Fletcher, Fourth Supervisorial District, Supervisor Jim Desmond, Fifth Supervisorial District, District Attorney Summer Stephan, County of San Diego, Director Nick Macchione, San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, Dr. Piedad Garcia, Deputy Director, San Diego County Behavioral Health Services, Dennis Ewing, and Vice President of Nursing Services, Exodus Recovery, Inc.
Crisis Stabilization Units are said to be an important part of the regional continuum of behavioral health services and divert people experiencing a behavioral health crisis from higher acuity levels of care when clinically indicated.
Services are provided on a walk-in basis with stays of less than 24 hours. In addition to walk-in, community, and mobile crisis team transport, law enforcement may drop off individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis at CSUs as a safe alternative to jail or a hospital, providing an additional option to connect people to care.
CSUs may enable a smooth transition from law enforcement engagement to care hand-off, which is less taxing on individuals; allows officers to return quickly to the field; and provides a care plan leading to less recidivism.
Operated by Exodus Recovery Inc., this will be the region’s sixth funded by the county. The others are:
• San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital Emergency Psychiatric Unit (Central Region).
• Community-Based Emergency Screening Unit for Children and Youth (Central Region).
• Palomar Health Hospital-Based CSU (North Inland Region).
• Paradise Valley Hospital-Based CSU (South Region).
• Vista Community-Based CSU (North Coastal Region).
