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  • Inside Vermont's Radical Approach to Helping the Formerly Incarcerated Succeed

    Steven Yoder

    May 28, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    Vermont built volunteer-led Circle of Support and Accountability groups into its reentry system to help keep those who’ve committed sexual crimes from reoffending. The volunteers meet with people who were formerly incarcerated weekly to offer advice, encouragement, and support while they transition into life outside of prison.

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  • Can We Fix Mental Health Crisis Response in the Hudson Valley?

    Steven Yoder

    February 19, 2024 |

    The River |

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    Response Location: United States, Ulster County, New York

    Mobile crisis response teams, like CAHOOTS and the Ulster County mobile teams, deploy crisis workers and medics instead of police to situations like mental health crises and welfare checks, to avoid unnecessary escalation. Counties with mobile teams say the quality of care they receive has dramatically improved. In Ulster county alone, they receive about 4,000 diverted 911 calls annually and only five to 10% of them require police backup.

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