Agency Information

Our Mission
It is the intent of the participating Counties to provide a crisis safety net range of services for persons with developmental disabilities or related conditions.

These services are intended to meet the needs of individuals experiencing a crisis by providing and facilitating immediate and cost-effective services, which focus on preventative measures.

Our Purpose
The purpose of MCCP is to work interdependently with individuals, private providers and public agencies in the Twin Cities metropolitan area to prevent crises that affect the residential and/or work (educational) placements of people with developmental disabilities or related conditions and to reduce the use of hospitalizations and civil commitments resulting from crisis situation.

Guiding Principles
We want to promote relationship-based crisis services that cause the least amount of disruption to the consumer.
If preservation of the natural setting is not possible, we shall strive to develop the best possible transition plan.

We acknowledge that people experience psychiatric and behavioral crises, that they experience medical crises and that they may also experience situational crises.

Each of these types of crises requires a different response, and utilization of crisis services should be appropriate to the need/crisis.

We also acknowledge that we must maximize resources and develop a continuum of options in order to support people’s unique needs.

History
Since 1996 The Metro Crisis Coordination Program (MCCP) has represented a collaborative effort among the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington.

MORA is a private, nonprofit agency and has provided residential and other services to people with developmental disabilities for over 40 years.

MCCP's goals are:

Additional support and oversight are provided by a steering committee made up of developmental disability personnel from the seven metro county sponsors and the Minnesota State Department of Human Services.