988 & Crisis Response News

The Renown Crisis Care Center reopened on November 11, 2025. The center, located at 480 Galetti Way in Sparks, serves the greater Reno/Sparks area.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

The dashboard has been updated with 2024 data.

Draft regulations for crisis services and other behavioral health services have been released for Coalition input. All feedback is due by November 7, 2025.

Public workshops will be held on October 13, 2025, to discuss a new Medicaid benefit for Behavioral Health Training Clinics, and on October 14, 2025, to establish Rehabilitative Residential Mental Health Care as a covered service.

September 8th (9/8) is 988 Day, a day for communities across the country to raise awareness about 988. Click Read More for details and to see how you can help.

Nevada Medicaid will conduct a public hearing on September 30, 2025, on proposed Medicaid Services Manual changes affecting mobile crisis, crisis intervention, and crisis stabilization services as well as other changes affecting behavioral health services.

Clark County, in partnership with University Medical Center, opened a Crisis Stabilization Center in North Las Vegas to provide 24/7 psychiatric crisis and detox services to adults age 18 and older.

The 988 Lifeline will stop providing tailored support options to LGBTQ+ youth and young adults on July 17, per a statement on SAMHSA's website.

Two key bills were passed in the 2025 legislative session to strengthen Nevada's behavioral health care system, while several other proposed bills were not approved by the end of the session.