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LA County more than doubled its mental health crisis teams in four years. But it still needs more
The county is still a long way from its goal of reducing response times to 30 minutes on average, so it is exploring ways to ...
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De Blasio-era mental health teams see staffing shortage while new ones launch
A de Blasio-era homeless outreach program has quietly cut its operations in half in the last year due to a city hiring freeze ...
Residents implore San Jose to add more non-police crisis response alternatives
With alternative response programs showing a higher level of efficacy in peacefully resolving issues, San Jose, for the first ...
CARES, the mental health response program, launches Sun Prairie pilot
A Madison Fire Department program that dispatches mental health crisis workers to 911 callers in distress will be implemented ...
Shortage of mental health crisis teams leads LA County to launch new hiring spree, using incentives
There is a shortage of mental health workers. They are needed, especially for those with anxiety, depression after the ...
New Sacramento sheriff policy will change how others respond to emergency mental health calls
The sheriff’s change in policy is the result of a federal appeals court ruling in July. The appellate decision meant that two ...
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Olmsted County mobile crisis response team reflects on first month of operation
Olmsted County launched a new mobile crisis response team on January 1, and since then it's already taken 36 calls of person ...
The Appeal9d
Police Often Use Force on Black People in Response to 911 Mental Health Calls
The investigation also found that in these crisis situations, police used force against Black people—especially Black men—at ...
Lincoln County Crisis Response Team in limbo
Lincoln County's Crisis Response Team is having a crisis of its own. The team stopped operating sometime in the last few months and its future is in jeopardy while new leadership is sought. County ...