Crisis Care Coordinator
CurrentCollaborate and implement specialized interventions with The Office of the Public Defender, Policing Alternatives Diversion Project (PAD), The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) for the Familiar Faces Pilot Project. Provide person-centered intervention, support and resource connection to persons experiencing chronic homelessness and mental health issues for the purpose of tracking efficacy, individual outcomes and systematic cost savings of community interventions as compared to incarceration related to survival crimes.Collaborate with various City, County and Community leaders in the development and implementation of a Diversion Center/Sobering Center to be added to Atlanta’s growing resources for vulnerable populations.Track and follow trends of hospital’s highest utilizers of psychiatric emergency services. Collaborate and implement specialized interventions with interdisciplinary leadership team for the purpose of decreasing recidivism and increasing resource connection and access for patients.