About

UC Berkeley’s Chancellor’s commitment to re-imagining campus safety includes the creation of a team of integrated behavioral health providers to serve as first responders in wellness checks and mental health crises in an effort to reduce the role of police in mental health calls. 

Our co-design involves engaging key stakeholders and community members. Co-design of this program involved the Independent Advisory Board, a student partner, affinity groups, and campus and community partners.

As of Fall of 2023, CMCR is in a soft launch phase. During the soft launch, CMCR functions as a secondary response with UCPD with a limited scope (clinician only team) and only able to provide services on the main campus. CMCR will be able to move into the next phase when teams are fully staffed (with clinicians and mobile health technicians) and all necessary equipment is acquired, including vehicles. 

Clinicians Responding to Aid Two Berkeley Students

Purpose of Campus Mobile Crisis Response: 

  1. Provide a mobile crisis response to support individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis on the UC Berkeley Campus. 

  2. Reduce visits to the Emergency Department, including unwarranted involuntary hospitalizations.   

  3. Facilitate de-escalation that centers individual's autonomy through trauma informed and culturaly responsive practices. 

  4. Provide a person-centered behavioral health response that seeks to reduce stigma and remove barriers to accessing mental health care.

  5. Reduce risk of law enforcement interaction in non-violent mental health crises among students by utilizing appropriate interventions aimed at increasing a sense of safety and agency.

  6. Increase collaboration among community and campus partners to facilitate student’s wellbeing through connection to campus resources.

Training Approach:

Our approach to training is client-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive training for all team members, which includes collaboration and training with campus and community partners.