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“To have a follow up? That’s like a dream,” Rabinowitz said. “Because it validates the family’s concern and that’s what has been missing.” Since 2021, the county has doubled the number of crisis teams available to 60 and increased their hours to run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, county authorities said. Part of that expansion has come from partnerships with“Over the past few years, we have built up our mental health mobile response teams so we can get humane, professional help directly to people experiencing mental health crises,” Hahn said in an emailed statement.