APPLETON – Twenty years ago, Appleton became the first police department in Wisconsin to implement a new approach to policing incidents involving mental illness. It was 2003. John Wallschlaeger, then a newly... Read more »
CLEVELAND — Historically, police have been the first responders to behavioral health crises, regardless of circumstance or risk of violence. Often, this response does not meet the needs of the person in... Read more »
3:57 PM | Tuesday, August 15, 2023 Brooklyn Center is considering joining a Hennepin County program providing mental health services during police calls. Through the program, paramedics and social workers respond to... Read more »
A support group for transgender people to meet and share their highs and lows has been launched in Rotorua with the aim of providing a safe space for people to “be their... Read more »
Emily Divine is the Mobile Response Team (MRT) program leader HANCOCK COUNTY — The county resident had a knife to his throat and cuts on his arm, the report stated. While officials... Read more »
(WTTW News) A decade-long push to reopen public mental health clinics closed in 2011 and expand efforts to respond to 911 calls for help not with police officers but with social workers... Read more »
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A proposal to reopen the city’s mental health clinics and expand non-police responses to 911 calls — signature pieces of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s progressive platform — received a symbolic boost at a... Read more »
Michelle Muething, executive director, Aspen Hope CenterCourtesy The Aspen Hope Center crisis clinicians start each 24-hour shift with no idea what to expect. “You cannot plan a crisis,” said the center’s crisis... Read more »
1/3 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, chair of the National Governors Association, speaks at the annual NGA summer meeting at the Hard Rock Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. on Thursday. Screenshot by... Read more »
SUDs were a topic of discussion at the June 2023 CMHAM conference.If she had been offered a medication blocker such as Vivitrol when in jail, Ashley Markovich says she most certainly would... Read more »
By Tréa Lavery masslive.com WORCESTER, Mass. — Worcester’s crisis co-response pilot program launches this week, sending mental health clinicians, case managers and peer educators alongside police to mental health and substance-related emergencies,... Read more »
Districts nationwide are trying to address high numbers of student needing mental health support. What if they can enlist students as part of the solution, too? A rural Ohio high school has... Read more »
Response to the Call of Bahá’u’lláh A pivotal concept in the Bahá’í teachings is that the refinement of one’s inner character and service to humanity are inseparable facets of life. Shoghi Effendi,... Read more »
Benton County agreed Tuesday, April 18 to permanently fund eight new positions while searching for counselors who will serve as the fast-moving, in-person response team to mental health crises. The challenge will... Read more »