From Baton Rouge to Eugene - Telling the Story of Mobile Crisis

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AMSA TALKS

Is cancelled for today. Our planned speaker is not available. We will try to reschedule.

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HEADLINES

Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative staff ready to go.

ATLANTA - Policing diversion program faces layoffs without City contract (WABE.org)

Radio interview with Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD) Executive Director Moki Macias brings us up to speed with the latest about contract non-negotiations between PAD and the City of Atlanta.

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Researchers speak out for PAD

CLICK HERE to read a letter sent from members of the mobile crisis research community to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and members of City Council.

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Fact-Check: Atlanta City Councilmembers Spread Disinformation About PAD Atlanta (Southern Center for Human Rights)

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TELLING OUR STORIES

You've Got Options, a video story-telling project of The Just Trust

Every community is different and there’s no “one size fits all” solution for safety. What we need are options. Learn about what CAHOOTS and The Baton Rouge Community Street Team are doing to build safer, stronger communities.

Step into the world of CAHOOTS, a crisis intervention program in Eugene, Oregon, where mobile response teams provide immediate support to individuals experiencing mental health crises, homelessness, and addiction. This episode dives into the heart of their work, showing how CAHOOTS is transforming public safety by offering a compassionate, community-based solution that reduces reliance on law enforcement.

In Baton Rouge, the community is reclaiming public safety by taking matters into their own hands. Meet the dedicated members of the Baton Rouge Community Street Team, who are working tirelessly to transform their neighborhoods from within.

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Medicaid can now pay for care given on sidewalks. It could help mitigate homelessness (NPR.org)

Medicaid can now pay for medical and mental health care delivered on the sidewalk. This will transform how care for unhoused people can be given in the states that take advantage of the policy change.

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POLICY

Embedding Behavioral Health Professionals in 911 Call Centers: Approaches to Alternative Response Workforce - Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab

Approaches to Alternative Response Workforce

Leaders of alternative emergency response programs often consider hiring behavioral health professionals to work in 911 call centers but have questions about whether and how to do so.

This brief policy report from the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab includes case studies from Austin and Phoenix and makes the case than embedding a clinician to screen and triage incoming 911 calls for mobile crisis team deployment is a growing best practice.

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WEBINAR - Aligning Community Data for the Common Good

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Join Julota for an insightful webinar that explores the power of data alignment and community collaboration in crisis response. Featuring Justin Lemery, Director of EMS for the Tulsa Fire Department, this session will explore how reviewing and integrating data across Crisis Response Teams, Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) Teams, and Co-Responder Teams can have far-reaching positive effects.

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