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COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT
and RESOURCE REFERRALS
The Boone County Behavioral Health Task Force is a group of cross sector stakeholders dedicated to improving the quality of life of Boone County residents by promoting a lifestyle free from opioid abuse through Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT), comprehensive case management and resource referrals.
What exactly is Behavioral Health?
“Behavioral health generally refers to mental health and substance use disorders, life stressors and crises, and stress-related physical symptoms. Behavioral health care refers to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of those conditions.”— American Medical Association
Our Mission
To mobilize community partnerships and develop an integrated system for substance abuse and mental health services.Our Vision
To ensure residents of Boone County have access to optimal Substance Abuse and Mental Health treatment through resource connection and skill development.Our Services
- Behavioral Health Case Management
- First Responder Support
- Narcan training
- Community Education and Awareness
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Task Force Background
In May 2017, the Boone County Health Department worked with the Region 1 Planning Council to form The Task Force. Stakeholders included local city and county employees from law enforcement, emergency response, public health, Geographic Information System (GIS), county jail, probation, and the court system, as well as representatives from Rosecrance, Remedies, Crusader Community Health, and several of our major regional health systems.
In 2018, The Task Force completed its Sequential Intercept Map, Comprehensive Gap Analysis, and Final Report with Recommendations and Goals for Boone County. This report addresses the behavioral health needs of our population, identified gaps such as lack of accessibility to treatment providers and facilities and to emergency medical services in the county as well as recommending an organized and interdisciplinary response to the opioid epidemic.
After researching best practices, The Task Force decided upon development of a sequential intercept mapping exercise upon which they would build a multi-intercept strategy to create this system-level change.
The Task Force worked together to create the Boone County Sequential Intercept Mapping Report, which includes recommendations to address gaps and opportunities. The Task Force continues to work together, meeting regularly to create realistic solutions to behavioral health issues facing Boone County and its residents.
Boone County Behavioral Health Taskforce
Amanda Mehl RN, MPH
Public Health Administrator
Chair of the Behavioral Health Taskforce
Will Holm LCSW, CCM
Chair, Department of Behavioral Health
Taskforce Accomplishments
- Partnered with the Boone County Housing Authority to allow Boone County Health Department to be a certifying agency for homelessness, the first and only Boone County organization to be a certifying agency.
- Partnered with the Belvidere Police Department to properly dispose of 180 pounds of unused pills in Boone County during Drug Take Back Day in April 2022.
- Donated 980 clean needles to a neighboring Needle Exchange program.
- Partnered with Rosecrance, Inc. to license the Boone County Jail as a substance use treatment site and provides substance use counseling to inmates.
- Facilitated and trained Obrien and Dobbin’s Pharmacy to administer the very first Vivitrol injection in Boone County.
- Trained over 50 community members on Narcan Administration on International Overdose Awareness Day in August 2021.
- Partnered with Crusader Community Health to provide behavioral health and medical care to inmates in the Boone County Jail.
- Partnered with Empower Boone to facilitate a successful Winter Coat Drive during November 2021
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