Budget Meltdown in California Hurts Mobile Crisis
Plus help stop medical outreach restrictions in Phoenix, & new workforce & 911 research
NEXT UP
Advancing the Field of Alternative Response Convening – Establishing Permanence - Convene at Willis Tower | Chicago, IL | June 4 – 5
Empowered Leadership Coaching Program - with Dr. Kim Everett
Supports practitioners leading crisis prevention and intervention programs, offering a dedicated space for reflection, growth, and skill-building - 12 CEs.
Dates: Twelve weeks - June 13th - August 15th
Click here to register or use the QR code below.
AMSA Data Special Interest group
Sign-up: ZOOM
Next Date/Time: June 17 10:00 AM PDT
Join technical and research-minded practitioners to advance how data, monitoring & evaluation, and technology support mobile crisis response nationwide.
AMSA recently held statewide collective meetings in both Colorado, Oregon, and in Georgia in partnership with The Carter Center. Turnout and engagement exceeded expectations. Representatives came from across the spectrum of mobile crisis and alternative response programs serving some of the most under resourced communities in their states. Participants engaged in honest, grounded conversations about the challenges shaping this work, including funding constraints, Medicaid billing barriers, and the need for stronger coordination between 911 dispatch and crisis services. It was exactly the kind of cross-sector dialogue that moves this field forward.
Sign up using the links below to get connected to your state and join us in May.
AMSA State Collective Meetings - upcoming
Colorado State Collective Sign-up: ZOOM
Next Date/Time: May 20 3:00 PM MDT, facilitated by Samantha Bunecke
Illinois State Collective Sign-up: ZOOM
Next Date/Time: May 22 2:00 PM CDT, facilitated by Alexander Heaton
Oregon State Collective Sign-up: ZOOM,
Next Date/Time: May 27 3:00 PM PDT, facilitated by Andre Miller
ACTIVISM
Phoenix is facing a new ordinance that effectively bans medical care for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in city parks. The Safe Medical Treatment in Parks Ordinance (G-7467, Sec. 23-45) prohibits street medicine, harm reduction services, and food distribution except through a very limited and unworkable permit system.
Scheduled to begin June 1, when heat can be deadly for those without shelter, this ordinance is framed as one of safety against drug litter, but will instead cause further harm without offering solutions. Healthcare providers across the country are raising concerns that the ordinance would limit access to care for people living unsheltered and increase preventable illness and death.
Sign On to Oppose this Ordinance!
As part of this effort, the Street Medicine Institute is reaching out to you as individuals and organizations to sign on to a letter of opposition to this ordinance.
Add your name and/or organization to the following letters of opposition:
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