By Cherranda Smith
Apr 26, 2021
Federal funds are being set aside to aid communities around the country in establishing emergency mental health response teams to stem potentially deadly police encounters. When someone is experiencing a mental health crisis
or drug-related emergency, the teams would work to de-escalating the situation and get the person help.
The Associated Press, the program will be funded partially through Medicaid and an estimated $1 billion from the American Rescue Plan spread out over the next decade to create the mobile response teams.
Several cities have already piloted programs that deploy mental health professionals to respond to crises, with promising results and support from police officers.
Federal Funds Set Aside To Create Mental Health Crisis Response Teams
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Feds fund mental health crisis teams to stand in for police
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In this Oct. 2020 photo, Crisis Workers, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), Henry Cakebread and Ashley Barnhill-Hubbard with CAHOOTS, a mental health crisis intervention program, discuss their last encounter during their night shift in Eugene, Ore. When police respond to a person gripped by a mental health or drug crisis, the encounter can have tragic results. Now a government health program will help communities set up an alternative: mobile teams of practitioners trained in de-escalating such potentially volatile situations. (William Holderfield via AP)
WASHINGTON – When police respond to a person gripped by a mental health or drug crisis, the encounter can have tragic results. Now a government insurance program will help communities set up an alternative: mobile teams with mental health practitioners trained in de-escalating such potentially volatile situations.