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Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)

An Actor Played a Man in a Manic Crisis. Plus Detroit's $150M Crisis Team Lawsuit

Oct 28, 2026

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2 min read

An Actor Played a Man in a Manic Crisis. Plus Detroit's $150M Crisis Team Lawsuit

Baltimore's 22,000 calls, a rural crisis team 9 responders short, a second clinician for Mansfield police, and two November RFPs

Noah Weinberg

Funding

A Deputy Asked Patrol to Kill the Lights. Plus 250 Late-Night Crisis Calls

Oct 21, 2026

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2 min read

A Deputy Asked Patrol to Kill the Lights. Plus 250 Late-Night Crisis Calls

Gwinnett's after-hours gap, Cleveland's new crisis center, Putnam goes 24/7, and Tacoma's budget threat

One Navigator for Northwestern Oklahoma. Plus Houston's Crisis Money Runs Out

Oct 14, 2026

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2 min read

One Navigator for Northwestern Oklahoma. Plus Houston's Crisis Money Runs Out

Chicago's CARE teams stay out later, UF police keep crisis calls out of the hospital, and a sheriff's jail unit fills up

Funding

Oct 13, 2026

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4 min read

What Is a Co-Responder Program? How Co-Response Works

How police-clinician teams handle mental health calls, how co-response compares with CIT and mobile crisis teams, and what the research shows.

Noah Weinberg

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)

Oct 9, 2026

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5 min read

What Is a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)? How CIT Works

How the Memphis Model trains police for mental health calls, how CIT compares with co-responder and mobile crisis teams, and what the research shows.

Noah Weinberg

Opioid Settlement Funds

Water, Socks, and No Police. Plus $2M Crisis Pilots in New York

Oct 7, 2026

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2 min read

Water, Socks, and No Police. Plus $2M Crisis Pilots in New York

Inside Durham's HEART team, new crisis teams in NC, MT and PA, and a diversion launch in New Jersey

Noah Weinberg

Funding

Sep 30, 2026

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2 min read

Happy National Co-Responder Week!

93% resolved on scene, and a 52% funding cut

Noah Weinberg

Jail Diversion

Sep 23, 2026

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3 min read

One Responder, 1500 Calls. Plus Jail Diversion Update

California Cracks Down on Abuse of Jail Diversion Programs

Noah Weinberg

Homeless Outreach

Sep 16, 2026

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2 min read

New Trends in Unhoused Care (Homeless Outreach & Co-Response)

What keeps outreach alive, what puts it at risk, and what happens when co-response works

Noah Weinberg

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