Columbus is sending more clinicians instead of police to mental health calls, but activists are pushing for more. What would ...

If passed, the city's public health department would be required to oversee an alternative crisis response team, that would respond to certain emergencies instead of police officers. This could ...

The announcement is the latest step in the city’s effort to expand non-police interventions for mental and behavioral health calls.

NYC discussions on mental health crisis responses intensify after NYPD shootings; Mayor Mamdani pushes for reform with a new ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Columbus Division of Fire has launched a new vehicle dedicated to responding to mental health crisis and overdose incidents. The alternative response vehicle is part of the ...

POCATELLO — Local officials are mobilizing emergency response plans as Idaho's elimination of specialized mental health programs takes effect, with law enforcement and service providers predicting ...

Mental health responders are reshaping the future of emergency response in Minneapolis, and the city said it’s working. The city’s Behavioral Crisis Response (BCR) team, led by Canopy Roots, launched ...

The Children’s Home of Jefferson County has received a $2 million state grant to expand mental health emergency response, ...

WASHINGTON — Bread for the City, a D.C.-based nonprofit supporting underserved communities, filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the District of Columbia’s practice of sending police officers ...

While Baltimore officials applaud improvements to the city’s behavioral health diversion system, they acknowledge that the ...

The Blaine County Sheriff’s Office and Family Health Services plan to put into operation in April a co-response team to ...

The Los Angeles City Council has agreed to make permanent its unarmed crisis-response pilot program, diverting emergency ...