Community Health Liaisons working to reach patients earlier

Intro:	In the aftermath of the bloodshed of an Oregon community college, a mental health program plans to focus on referring clients to professional care more quickly.
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Wrap: The Community Mental Health Liaisons program plans to improve the speed in which they refer clients to professional care. As part of this program, CEO of the state's community mental health centers Brent McGinty says they work to help people get the mental health care they need.

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Description: That gap in that service continuum between law enforcement and the metal health providers can be a barrier for someone getting the care that they need at the appropriate time and so that's really been a critical factor and a critical feature in the CMHL program.

Governor Jay Nixon created the program after the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings in which 28 were killed.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Shannon Shaver.

Intro:	While the Oregon shooting has prompted many to talk about gun control, a top mental health official in Missouri has talked about working to identify mental illnesses earlier.
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Wrap: For the past two years there has been a partnership between mental health centers and the state to help identify people who are in need of mental health care. CEO of the state's community mental health centers Brent McGinty says the Missouri Community Mental Health Liaisons program will now focus on quicker intervention.

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Description: Well what we really need to do going forward is find ways to really engage the clients in treatment at the front end of their illnesses versus waiting until folks get deeper into their illnesses.

Governor Jay Nixon established the Liaisons program shortly after the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings, which left 28 dead.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Shannon Shaver.

Intro:	After shootings at an Oregon community college, a leader of Missouri's community mental health centers says they will work to identify individuals who need mental health care earlier.
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Wrap: The CEO of the state's community mental health centers Brent McGinty says the Community Mental Health Liaisons program will now focus on getting to clients quicker. The program focuses on referring individuals to the professional care they need.

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Description: Of the folks getting referred in for treatment, about two-thirds of them are either under-insured or don't have insurance and so that's something that we need to try to solve is how can we engage those clients in better services earlier.

The program was created by Governor Jay Nixon after 28 were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Shannon Shaver.