Grants to advance emergency response capabilities through AI-driven enhancements in the Beacon Crisis Dispatch platform

Grants to advance emergency response capabilities through AI-driven enhancements in the Beacon Crisis Dispatch platform is sponsored by The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (via Trek Medics International, Inc.). The Patrick J.

McGovern Foundation has supported organizations like Trek Medics International to advance emergency response capabilities through AI-driven enhancements. While this specific grant was awarded in 2024, the foundation continues to fund AI health solutions.

Technology Grant for Youth Mobile Crisis Response Teams | Beacon Crisis Dispatch Thanks to a generous grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation’s Children’s Mental Health Innovation Awards , Trek Medics is offering one year of free access to, and use of, its Beacon Crisis Dispatch platform to Youth Mobile Crisis Response Teams (MCRTs) in order to help improve the coordination of rapid crisis care for youth and young adults experiencing mental health crises.

Successful awardees will be able to meet the following criteria: Have active mobile crisis response teams currently providing crisis care to youth and young adults Be non-profit or governmental agencies Have an existing call-handling system to receive requests for assistance Have desktop computers and mobile devices (e.g., Android/iOS smartphones and/or tablets) Be able to provide evidence demonstrating experience delivering mental health crisis care to youth and young adults Be able to receive necessary approvals to implement and launch the Beacon platform within three months of proposal acceptance Since 2014, Trek Medics has been supporting a wide range of emergency and crisis response agencies through its Beacon Crisis Dispatch platform.

Over the past several years, we’ve become increasingly involved with mobile crisis response teams across the U.S. Today, Beacon is being used by MCRTs in 10 states, averaging more nearly 5,000 incidents being dispatched to MCRTs through Beacon every month. In April 2025, we were honored to receive a Children’s Mental Health Innovation Award from the Morgan Stanley Foundation.

As part of this award, we were able to help Centerstone (TN) expand use of our Beacon platform to their youth MCRTs in Florida and Illinois. With the successful launch of those programs, we’re now looking to partner with additional youth MCRTs. To improve the communication and coordination of youth MCRTs through the Beacon Crisis Dispatch platform.

Improve communication between Dispatchers and Response Teams Improve efficiency and accuracy of response operations Increase youth diversion rates from unnecessary hospitalization and incarceration Collect comprehensive response data for MCRT managers and community leaders to inform continuing quality improvement Grant Activities : Successful grantees will be expected to carry out the following activities: Successfully complete Beacon onboarding training Successfully complete live Beacon simulations Use the technology to respond to mental health crises Participate in ongoing quality improvement efforts including regular check-ins with Trek Medics support staff Applications are accepted on a rolling basis Applications are reviewed and candidates interviewed Successful awardees will be notified Grant terms will be discussed and agreed to Please send an email to [email protected] with the header “ Youth MCRT Grant Application ” and include the following information Description of your Youth MCRT program, including: Number of Teams/Responders Number of Call-Takers/Dispatchers Volume of Crisis Responses per week/month (if your program provides response services to both adults and youth, please indicate the breakdown) Any additional information that may be helpful in evaluating the application Trek Medics International is a 501(c)(3)-registered non-profit technology organization dedicated to improving access to emergency and crisis care for at-risk and vulnerable populations through innovative mobile technologies.

Founded on the belief that communication is the most important tool during emergencies and crises, Trek Medics envisions a world where all communities have easy access to a diversity of responders whenever they’re needed, and is committed to providing the technology needed to effectively coordinate emergency services and crisis response organizations.

This program has been supported by a generous grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation . Trek Medics and Tech Matters Partner with the City of Los Angeles to Transform Crisis Response for Unhoused Individuals Technology Grant for Youth Mobile Crisis Response Teams Beacon in the Six Days of Ghent Job Opportunity: Technical Support Specialist We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Sales and Development Intern to join our team.

This internship provides an excellent opportunity for individuals looking to gain valuable hands-on experience in sales and business development, develop key skills, and contribute to the growth of our organization among mental health crisis response organizations.

Beacon emergency dispatch is a cloud-based, do-it-yourself platform for emergency services that alerts, coordinates and tracks prehospital personnel using any mobile phone, with or without internet. Trek Medics International