@CityofDenver is another city with a great alternative response program for mental health crises! Read more in our Implementation Case Studies: https://t.co/MDCqJI9CUu
We're excited to announce a new resource on our website: 10 implementation case studies showcasing alternative response models in cities across the country! Check it out 👇
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City of @chicago's Crisis Assistance Response & Engagement (CARE) Team is taking steps toward appropriate mental health crisis response and transparency. See their data dashboard: https://t.co/t4tjbODtZN
To #ReimagineCrisis, we also must transform our 911 system to collaborate with mental health crisis services. @T911HealthLab's Blueprint for Change offers important insights, like ensuring that people in crisis receive the right response at the right time. https://t.co/CYqZVq2Lpp
How can mental health & substance use providers prepare for the transition to #988Lifeline as the new universal crisis line? This playbook from @samhsagov details everything providers need to know to ensure 988 readiness: https://t.co/axeB4dpysu
This weekend, @samhsagov launched the #988Lifeline as a complement to 911. People experiencing mental health crises can text or call 988, connecting with trained counselors and reducing unnecessary contact with law enforcement. #988forPublicSafety
NEW: A handful of cities–including Austin, Texas–are bringing mental health experts into 911 call centers so that dispatchers know which responder to send to provide “the right care, at the right place, at the right time.”
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Members of the Code for America Network are proud to have collaborated with @T911HealthLab on Transform911. Together, we're exploring how the nation's 911 system can better prioritize health and safety. Read the #BlueprintForChange now. @CivicTechnique https://t.co/fiBodID8ht
"Despite overwhelming use #nationwide... the 911 #system suffers from a lack of resources, faces a major staffing shortage, and is fundamentally misunderstood by most people," reports @audreyjourno@UChiUrbanLabs@UChicago
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@T911HealthLab, is an initiative that aims to modernize and strengthen the Nation’s 911 Call System– and they’ve just published a blueprint for how to do it. https://t.co/cI37VkJCJH @UChiUrbanLabs
That's a wrap on today's launch - but just the beginning of the work! For 10 things you can do right now to start taking action on the #BlueprintForChange: https://t.co/bd4z3WdGcr
At the #Transform911 event, historian Dr. Tara White of the Black Belt African American Genealogical and Historical Society is sharing about the history of the modern 911 system, which has never been neutral. @T911HealthLab
"The biggest symptom of a bullet-related injury is a lack of trust. A lack of feeling safe in your own body, lack of trust in the people around you." - Dr. @lj_punch