U.S. cities, counties & community healthcare services are not equipped to fully serve citizens’ needs:
>80% of patients with mental or substance use disorders have a chronic co-occurring physical illness.
The comorbidity cost of chronic physical illnesses that are linked to mental illnesses exceed $420
Billion in the U.S. each year. 35% can be saved in populations by integrating mental health treatment.
ERs, jails and courts have become the dumping grounds for mental illness; however, proper mental
healthcare is not provided, making this a failed cycle of non-treatment that wastes $32 Billion annually.
Coronavirus has exacerbated the public health and public safety issues that our communities
previously faced. Telehealth is essential Post-COVID-19. Civil unrest drives police reform changes that
require mental healthcare now be added to law enforcement response for 911 crisis calls. Cloud 9
keeps high need individuals in treatment and out of harmful settings and costly systems.