Steve Smith
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And so by having our BHUC, now police officers can drop this person off and they can go home.
So it's been I've learned a lot in the mental health and it all stemmed.
And then once they're assessed and there's a plan in action or the next steps, then they call the police and then they go back.
We have a medical clinic as well, but it was the first time the medical clinic in COVID happened.
And so even if they did a crime, they get the opportunity to be evaluated if it's mental health versus just going to jail.
We had received in the first eight months, 1600 hours of clinical work.
Having a plan assessment.
We do kids from ages four all the way to 80 year old.
And we had 6,000 medical patients, but everybody wanted to come in for counseling.
And the best part about it, because a lot of the things I do is things I experience with no insurance.
And then that's when we knew that it needed to be a standalone.
So if you don't have insurance, don't matter.
Come on in.
If you do have insurance, we'll take that, too.
So and so working with Medicaid, working with.
Some of the people in the city and the county, man, I've learned a lot in it.
I've learned a ton and it's been awesome.
And from based off that, we've created hygiene kits.