By Geoff Page The regular monthly meeting of the Midway-Pacific Highway Community Planning Board, Wednesday May 18 contained two informative presentations, one by by County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and the other by District Attorney Summer Stephan. Both were about the homeless issue. Homelessness in the Midway Homelessness is a problem everywhere, but it is especially…
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - San Diego leaders looking for solutions to the county s mental health issues have turned to other cities around for ideas. They may have found a blueprint in Eugene, Oregon. If the wheel had already been created, we wanted to copy it and make it San Diego, says San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan.
For 31 years, Eugene, Oregon, has used the Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Streets or CAHOOTS program to respond to mental health calls.
Instead of sending police, the program sends a crisis specialist and a medic to every call where public safety isn t threatened.
Updated on March 8, 2021 at 4:30 pm
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County officials detailed the successes and challenges of a program that began in January intended to help people experiencing mental health or substance use crises by dispatching behavioral health experts to emergency calls instead of law enforcement.
San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher, District Attorney Summer Stephan, county behavioral health officials and representatives from Exodus Recovery spoke outside the County Administration Center Monday to share information about the Mobile Crisis Response Team program.
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