DESC will continue to provide mobile crisis response through the King County-funded Mobile Rapid Response Crisis Team (MRRCT)
DESC Mobile Response Team (MRT) will close on May 31, 2026.
Launched in April 2022, MRT offered two primary services: crisis response and pre- and post-crisis support. The program was designed to promote housing stability for tenants in permanent supportive housing and support the well-being of people experiencing complex behavioral health and medical needs.
MRT brought together a multidisciplinary team — including peer counselors, prescribers, nurses, mental health professionals, case managers, and substance use disorder counselors — to deliver low-barrier behavioral health services at partner housing sites that did not have this support onsite, such as Health Through Housing locations and other DESC permanent supportive housing programs.
Due to the end of emergency funding, these wraparound services will conclude on May 31. MRT crisis response services were discontinued earlier, on March 1.
DESC will continue providing crisis response services through the Mobile Rapid Response Crisis Team (MRRCT), a King County-funded program responding to the immediate needs of community members in behavioral health crises. DESC covers central King County, primarily Seattle, with Sound Behavioral Health covering the south and northeast regions.
We are thankful to the MRT team for providing life-changing support to our clients and most vulnerable neighbors. Below is a client testimonial shared with MRT staff, highlighting the profound impact the team had on so many:
“My journey to Seattle was very hard, settling into my new life. When MRT came, they
took time to listen to my hardships and helped me to fight for my right to live in a
community that didn’t accept me. MRT became to me angels, that walked with me,
strengthening me, encouraging me to become the better version of myself. MRT became
my angels, friends, support, and teachers. Thank you, MRT. Much Love.” — DESC Mobile Response Team (MRT) Client Testimonial
Learn more about DESC’s continuing mobile crisis response work here.