Mobile Crisis and Assessment Team (MCAT) | Siouxland Mental Health Center

Provides onsite, in-person intervention for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, including youth and adults, that dispatches mental health professionals to homes, schools, ERs, or other public places where a mental health crisis is occurring. Response time is within 60 minutes of MCAT's dispatch.

Services include:

- Developing safety plans, making referrals, and scheduling follow-up services with individuals to avoid hospitalization.

- Assessing individuals to determine the need for a higher level of care.

- De-escalating crisis situations.

- Arranging transportation to a higher level of care as needed.