Co-Responder Program

Solvista Health partners with law enforcement and first responders to provide mental health professionals who work with their team. Co-response teams are deployed through dispatch to answer calls in the community involving mental health issues. After the team determines primary needs for safety, they work to get the individual to appropriate services or programs.

The Co-Response Program works to:

• Increase on-scene safety for all involved parties
• Route community members to the least restrictive necessary level of care
• Avoid unnecessary use of emergency room/ambulance
• Reduce incarceration related to crimes secondary to mental illness
• Provide follow up care coordination to ensure people are able to access care
• Create a culture of police-mental health collaboration with a focus on community
  needs and partnerships