White Bird Crisis Line and crisis center: https://whitebirdclinic.org/crisis
The Alliance for Community Wellness offers FREE telehealth drop-in counseling for trans/gender diverse folks! The service is available Mondays from 12 to 2pm, Tuesdays from 11am to 12pm, and Thursdays from 9 - 11am. Call or text (541) 321-0453 with questions. Let us know if you need a phone or tablet to access the program.
therapists with current openings: G Street Integrated Health and Applegate Counseling (541)344-5978
Upcoming Covid-19 vaccine clinics with Lane County Public Health:
This weekend (~4,800 total boost):
Sat 5/1 at Autzen, 2,400 Pfizer boost
Sun 5/2 at Autzen, 2,400 Pfizer boost
Next week:
Oakland plan to replace police with mental health workers in disarray sfchronicle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfchronicle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
OAKLAND, Calif.
A pilot program in Oakland to dispatch counselors and paramedics to mental health crises, instead of armed law enforcement officers, that was scheduled to start in January is having trouble getting off the ground.
The Oakland City Council in June voted to set aside $1.85 million to fund the program amid protests against police brutality that followed the killing of George Floyd. But eight months later, the Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland program is in disarray after two community-based organizations that were vying for the contract bowed out this week, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday.
Earlier this month, a battle flared up over which nonprofit would receive taxpayer funds to handle duties that have long fallen on sworn police officers.
Plan to replace Oakland police in mental health calls stalls mymotherlode.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mymotherlode.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Oakland plan to replace police with mental health workers in disarray
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Richard (left) and Zenobia Breaux listen as Oakland City Council Member Loren Taylor visits with members of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force in Oakland in October.Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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Jamie Almanza is executive director of Bay Area Community Services, which has pulled out of competition for an Oakland contract to replace police officers with mental health workers.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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Oakland police Officers Bryant Ocampo and Daniel Cornejo-Valdivia patrol downtown in December.Paul Kuroda / Special to The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less