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Crisis team helps majority of mental health calls without engaging

(5 days ago) WEBIn Chicago, where there are roughly 175 mental health calls to 911 each day, there is a similar program called CARE that handles mental health and drug-related overdose calls on the south and west

https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-north-side-mental-health-crisis-response-team-fact/

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City of Chicago Announces Expansion of Alternative 911 Response …

(9 days ago) WEBIn 2023, the City will expand 911 mental health teams into three more sets of neighborhoods with the highest volume of mental health-related 911 calls over the …

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/provdrs/health_protection_and_response/news/2023/january/city-of-chicago-announces-expansion-of-alternative-911-response-.html

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Mental health clinicians will start answering some 911 calls in …

(9 days ago) WEBFor the first time in Chicago, some 911 calls for mental health emergencies won’t be answered by police officers but by mental health professionals paired with …

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/7/13/22573899/mental-health-first-responder-police-alternative-response-lightfoot-crisis-response-care-911-cpd

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City of Chicago :: Mental Health Crisis Resources in Chicago

(2 days ago) WEB24/7 Emergency Service line that activates police and ambulance for an immediate in-person response. CDPH's Crisis, Assistance, Response, and Engagement (CARE) team …

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/supp_info/behavioral-health/cdph-suicide-prevention-initiative/mental-health-crisis-resources-in-chicago.html

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Chicago is expanding the types of 911 calls that get a …

(5 days ago) WEBTo handle Chicago’s roughly 175 behavioral health-related 911 calls each day, the city relies almost entirely on the police — an approach that can lead to jail detentions, unnecessary

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/2/24/23611860/chicago-is-expanding-the-types-of-911-calls-that-get-a-mental-health-response

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Chicago Rolls Out Mental Health Emergency Teams To …

(8 days ago) WEBCredit: City of Chicago. CHICAGO — The city’s 911 call center is now being staffed with a mental health professional as part of an effort to stop relying solely on police to respond to Chicagoans …

https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/09/02/chicago-rolls-out-mental-health-emergency-teams-to-reduce-police-encounters-with-people-in-crisis/

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Mayor Lightfoot and the City of Chicago Announce Expansion of …

(Just Now) WEBAs part of the CARE program, mental health professionals from CDPH work in the city’s 911 emergency communications center. Embedded clinicians provide …

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2022/may/911AlternateCrisisResponseandEngagementProgram.html

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Chicago to route more 911 calls to mental health …

(5 days ago) WEBChicago is expanding the types of 911 calls that get a mental health response. The city’s first crisis response teams together have handled fewer than two calls a day. New 911 protocols are

https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-to-route-more-911-calls-to-mental-health-responders/b86c8501-8282-4d67-989b-2c8ffb9206aa

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Chicago Mental Health Crisis Pilot Promising, Small

(3 days ago) WEBOctober 21, 2022 at 7:32 AM PDT. A Chicago pilot program that dispatches mental health clinicians and emergency medical responders to some 911 calls has connected 385 people to care without a

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-19/chicago-s-911-alternative-is-off-to-a-slow-but-promising-start

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A North Side Mental Health Crisis Team Has - Block Club Chicago

(6 days ago) WEBPeople who live on the Far North Side can call FACT directly at 800-322-8400 to request help during a mental health emergency or for access to other mental health …

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/05/01/a-north-side-mental-health-crisis-team-has-assisted-94-of-callers-without-police-help/

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In Chicago and the region, new 911 response - Chicago Tribune

(7 days ago) WEBA woman called 911, worried her friend might commit suicide after seeing a concerning photo on social media and thinking she may have slit her wrist. When a …

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/08/01/in-chicago-and-the-region-new-911-response-alternatives-find-early-success-but-also-limits-in-urgent-mental-health-treatment/

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Chicago Mental Health Crisis Pilot Promising, Small — and Still …

(1 days ago) WEBThis article was originally published by Bloomberg News on October 19, 2022. A Chicago pilot program that dispatches mental health clinicians and emergency medical …

https://mmhpi.org/topics/in-the-news/chicago-mental-health-crisis-pilot-promising-small-and-still-using-police/

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Inside Chicago’s mental health crisis response teams - WBEZ

(7 days ago) WEBA social worker responding to 911 calls says she hasn’t yet needed a cop’s presence but she can imagine situations in which she would. Inside Chicago’s mental …

https://www.wbez.org/stories/inside-chicagos-mental-health-crisis-response-teams/365aa041-dac0-4dc7-8c08-55465676ec4b

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Aurora, Chicago police departments reimagine how they respond …

(6 days ago) WEBThe Aurora Police Department said so far this year, the unit has responded to nearly 100 more mental health calls compared to last year and, they note, calls to …

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-department-aurora-911-call-mental-health-crisis/12181963/

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Mental Health Experts Will Respond To Some Emergency Calls …

(5 days ago) WEBIt will be scaled up to 7 a.m.- 7 p.m. daily, and then to 24/7 by the summer as Trilogy works to hire more mental health specialists. Trilogy’s first responder model …

https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/01/25/mental-health-experts-will-respond-to-some-emergency-calls-instead-of-police-as-part-of-new-far-north-side-program/

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Chicago Police 911 Response To Mental Health Calls WBEZ Chicago

(9 days ago) WEBChicago still relies almost entirely on the police to handle mental-health crisis calls that come into 911 — an approach that swells Cook County Jail with …

https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-to-trim-police-role-in-911-mental-health-crisis-response-starting-next-week/ccb9b6bb-b25f-4d8b-be26-e9ce800e25ee

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New 988 hotline is the 911 for mental health emergencies

(4 days ago) WEBJuly 15, 2022 / 4:30 PM CDT / CBS Chicago. CHICAGO (CBS) -- The new National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launches Saturday. It's a simple three digit number and its …

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/new-988-hotline-is-the-911-for-mental-health-emergencies/

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Chicago’s 911 mental health response program CARE falls short

(7 days ago) WEBFacing the impacts of decades of mental health facility closures, Chicago’s CARE program sends mental health professionals on some 911 calls alongside or …

https://prismreports.org/2023/05/03/chicago-911-public-mental-health-centers/

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Mayor’s Press Office

(2 days ago) WEBGresham/Chatham since September 2021. To date, teams responding to mental health-related calls in these communities have operated with a CFD Community Paramedic, …

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/mayor/Press%20Room/Press%20Releases/2022/May/911AlternateCrisisResponseandEngagementProgram.pdf

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Illinois Is Getting Better At Answering Calls To - Block Club …

(2 days ago) WEBIn Chicago, an enormous number of 911 calls are for mental health emergencies: From January 2020 to June 2022, the Office of Emergency Management …

https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/10/03/the-new-988-suicide-prevention-line-shows-promise-in-illinois/

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IDHS: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Illinois Department of Human …

(9 days ago) WEBThis new legislation requires emergency response operators such as those at 911 centers, to refer calls seeking mental and behavioral health support to a new service that can …

https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=145089

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Chicago Sends Police To 911 Mental Health Calls. What Could The …

(4 days ago) WEBFilling the gap. In 2018, 911 dispatchers in Chicago identified an average of about 150 mental health calls a day. Responding to those calls takes a lot of …

https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-sends-police-to-911-mental-health-calls-what-could-the-city-do-instead/672b485a-64ae-4631-a9f5-5f480ff0ec21

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Senior living homes won’t pick up fallen residents, call 911 instead

(Just Now) WEBMay 3, 2024 at 6:02 a.m. EDT. Ladder 2 leaves Rockford Fire Station 5 for a medical call on March 22 in Rockford, Ill. Station 5 receives a high volume of lift-assist …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/03/assisted-living-homes-senior-falls-911/

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CRISIS ASSISTANCE RESPONSE AND ENGAGEMENT …

(4 days ago) WEBChicago Council for Mental Health Equity (CCMHE). CCMHE is Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s behavioral health advisory board and operates under the direction of …

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/sites/public-safety-and-violenc-reduction/pdfs/CARE%202022-Annual%20Report-12-7.pdf

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Tacoma 911 hub adding counselors to handle behavioral health calls

(7 days ago) WEBIn 100 days of work in 2023, Colwell said the co-location hub ended with an 82% call diversion rate, meaning a call was diverted completely from 911 and law …

https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2024/04/29/tacoma-911-hub-adding-counselors-to-handle-behavioral-health-calls/73445992007/

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