They go the team can pop in there and it gives them little tidbits and little videos that they can look at to help them navigate, and then at the end of that, it gives them additional resources.

So we want to make sure that that is out there because you know that 13 to 18 year age, which you know, I think we can all agree is a very difficult time in our lives.

It's been a while since I've been there, but nonetheless, it hasn't changed.

That's a very difficult time, especially for kids that might not feel like they belong to a group or have that ability to talk to someone.

Um if they're gonna use an app, I would rather that they use something that's been vetted, and these actually have evidence-based practices associated with them, which means that they've been tried, tested, and fixed.

It's not chat GPT, it's not Dr.

Google.

This is an actual thing that's related to science, and we're gonna be rolling this out across the state.

Um, and so far, what we've seen is really good results from this because we're meeting teens where they're at, when they want it, and we're making sure that if it's a crisis, that they know that there's resources available to them.

The app is free, the crisis resources are free.

We need to kind of get the word out.

Right now it's available on their website, it's a waiting release onto the Apple store and uh the Google Play Store or what I I have an Apple, so I don't know what it's called on Google, forgive me.

Um, but we're gonna make sure that it's available.

It's Google Play, that's it.

All right.

I probably have that in my notes, but who reads those things.

But the biggest thing that we see is that there continues to be this disconnect.

So some of the other things that we're working on is we've launched what's known as CCBHCs, which are certified community behavioral health clinics.

And if you're familiar with an FQHC, which is the physical health side version of this, which is a federally qualified health clinic.

A CCBHC doesn't turn anyone away.

They have to meet very rigorous standards in nine categories, um, which is that they and I'm not going to go over all nine because we're short on time, but some of the things that they do is they have to treat the entire lifespan so they can do family services.

They also treat have to have services for veterans, they have to have services for treatment and make sure that some of those things are available.

But one thing that they also have to do is they have to have a mobile crisis team.

Now, the CCBHC that's closest to Los Alamos is actually located in Espanola.

Okay.

Um, and that's run by Presbyterian Medical Services.

But those crisis services are available 24-7.

Um, and when someone calls 988, they will then triage them, and if they need to send out a mobile crisis team, they will, which is staffed by behavioral health professionals.

Why that's important is because we know that when we engage law enforcement or EMS, sometimes they don't end up in the right spot.

And we know that our law enforcement, number one, are overworked and over taxed, but more importantly, they don't get a lot of training in behavioral health.

So having someone respond that's trained, whether that's as a social worker, a peer support worker, it can be clinicians, helps de-escalate the situation and get them to the right resource, which usually is not an emergency room.

Well, they'll get stuck in a hallway and hopefully they get seen soon, but there's no guarantee on that.

So those are some of what the crisis services are.

I did want to kind of also just mention a couple of other things.

Um, we've reached out before, and I'm always happy to have this conversation.

We offer a lot of free programs that we have offered to Los Alamos, and I would want to extend the offer again.

For example, the PAX Good Behavior trainings for kids.

Um it's to train students as to how they can kind of engage and teach kids the right way to cope with situations.

We have something known as the yellow ribbon campaign, where we train uh adults that if a kid comes to them and they hand them their yellow card, that kid is then put into a safe space while someone then goes and assesses them.

Um the use of the yellow card is to try and make it as non-judgmental of having to ask for something to raise your hand to use secret code words.

Um, and we've had very good success across the state.

The other thing, and I you know, uh I want to note is that we've offered um mental health first aid training for the school district for free.

We're willing to do that.

All of those programs I just mentioned right now are free to train staff, and if you feel that there's others that are in contact with kids after school sports programs, so forth.

We are I I will pay for it.

Not personally, but the state will pay for it.

Um I don't know if I mentioned that cracked windshield on my Subaru.

So these are resources that are available to you all, and I offer them up again.

Um how can we do that?

The other thing I I want to just note because it's been in the news quite a bit, is the overdose rates in New Mexico.

And I I I'm not gonna spend a lot of time on this because I want to leave questions for you all.

But we offer free n a lock zone.

Um you can also pick it up at the public health office on Trinity, um, right across from the school, by the way.

All you have to do is just give them your zip code because we need to have that tracking number to report back to the feds.

That's it.

We don't ask for an ID, no thumb prints.

It's free, it's available.

We also have folks that can train groups.

The training is real simple, it's very simple.

Depending on where you go, our training is 15 minutes long.