Linn County has provided mental health crisis assistance to rural areas for a long time.
But starting in March, the county’s Mobile Crisis Intervention Team (MCIT) will be able to provide in-person services virtually anywhere in the county — from residential areas, to business parking lots to community parks — thanks to a new E Transit van that has been “upfitted” into a mobile crisis clinic.
Linn County Crisis Supervisor Manager Nova Sweet said the…