Oakland Community Health Network to take over adult crisis services from Common Ground

The Oakland Community Health Network announced it will directly manage adult crisis care services starting in January, ending a decades-long partnership with the nonprofit Common Ground that has provided these services since 2012.

The transition affects the crisis center in Pontiac, where Common Ground operates seven-day-a-week crisis care. While the location will remain the same, the Oakland Community Health Network will take over operations from Common Ground.

"Historically, Common Ground has been the big crisis vendor in this community and they are well known across the country, but it's time to make change," said Dana Lasenby, CEO and executive director of the Oakland Community Health Network.

Lasenby said the move will streamline coordination of crisis care services in Oakland Coun