Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
10 May 2021
San Diego, California, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
As San Diego County ramps up its CAHOOTS copycat – a mental health crisis response that sends specialists other than police to non-violent calls, similar to the long-running exemplar in Eugene, Oregon – it's beginning...
9 May 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Despite committing hundreds of millions of dollars to programs that make New York City's emergency response to mental health crises less punitive, a pattern of over-promising and under-delivering, plus pandemic snarls...
1 May 2021
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Tucson Police Department's Homeless Outreach Team operates on the premise that even though many want to see police excluded from any role in dealing with homelessness, residents still call 911 and demand a police resp...
30 April 2021
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
When people refuse mental health care while under court orders to get treatment, Tucson police send a mental health support team to take the people to crisis observation clinics or hospitals. The teams have the traini...
29 April 2021
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
When Las Vegas' restrictions on encampments pushed unhoused people into a shopping center outside the restricted zone, Vegas Stronger worked with business owners and the police to intervene without the need for arrest...
29 April 2021
Rochester, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Following the death of Daniel Prude in Rochester police custody, the city consulted with the operators of Eugene's CAHOOTS program to craft its own version of a team of unarmed responders to help resolve mental health...
29 April 2021
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Tucson Police Department's Substance Use Resource Team reaches out on the streets to people with substance-use disorder, offering them treatment instead of arrest and jail. The team is an extension of the department's...
Portland Tribune
Jim Redden
28 April 2021
Portland, Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Multnomah County sold its unused Wapato Jail to a developer whose nonprofit partner has used grants and donations to turn the former jail into Bybee Lakes Hope Center, a residential treatment program for unhoused peop...
22 April 2021
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Students' mental health is becoming a higher priority for schools across the U.S. At Hernandez Middle School in Chicago, each day starts with a check-in from their teacher, along with a mindfulness lesson and other us...
21 April 2021
Portland, Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
After the U.S. Justice Department found that Portland police used excessive force too often when dealing with people in mental health crises, the city formed an unarmed mobile crisis team and a team of police officers...
16 April 2021
Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, Maine, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Like standard drug courts, the Penobscot Nation's Healing to Wellness Court refers people facing drug-related criminal charges to substance abuse counseling as an alternative to punishment. But this court and other tr...
15 April 2021
Lapwai, Idaho, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Lawpwai School District in Idaho has taken a different approach to behavioral health. This new approach includes focusing on teaching positive behavior expectations, partnering with agencies to make on-site the...
14 April 2021
Portland, Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Portland Street Response program sends a paramedic and social worker on non-emergency calls, often involving mental health crises, instead of sending police. The pilot project, operating during weekday hours in on...
14 April 2021
Idaho, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Connect program in Cassia, Idaho is making it easier for students experiencing mental health crises to get help. Students are able to call a phone number, which also has Spanish interpreters, where they can receiv...
13 April 2021
Nampa, Idaho, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In-school therapy is an increasingly popular mental health support in Idaho schools. Through a partnership with local agencies, therapists are available at schools and are able to set appointments with students, witho...
7 April 2021
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Radio Talk Show
5-15 Minutes
A college professor and a former stabbing victim counsel young men in the hospital soon after they are shot or stabbed. These interventions, based on trust and shared experiences, are meant to prevent repeat injuries,...
7 April 2021
Sedalia, Missouri, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Seven teen suicides in one county over a two-year span prompted residents whose lives were touched by suicide to form DeFeet, an educational and advocacy group devoted to the message that suicide is preventable. Thank...
2 April 2021
San Francisco, California, United States
Broadcast TV News
5-15 Minutes
San Francisco's Street Crisis Response Team replaces or aids police officers in responding to calls about people in nonviolent behavioral health crises. A collaboration of the city's fire and health departments, the p...
31 March 2021
Hampton, New Hampshire, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A respite and resource center in New Hampshire is offering a reprieve to overburdened and stress-riddled parents during the coronavirus pandemic. The Relief Parent Respite and Resource Center has received positive rev...
29 March 2021
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Podcast
5-15 Minutes
Mindfulness and meditation practices have been shown to reduce stress and neurological biomarkers of aging while also improving an individual's mood, resilience, and cognitive performance. To help connect caregivers t...
22 March 2021
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Acting on a recognition that police and the criminal justice system are too involved in responses to mental health and substance abuse crises, UCHealth formed mental health response teams that partner with Fort Collin...
19 March 2021
Portland, Oregon, United States
Broadcast TV Talk Show
Over 15 Minutes
In its first month of operation, Portland Street Response Team began intervening with people on the streets who are experiencing substance abuse or mental health problems. The program, modeled on Eugene, Oregon's CAHO...
17 March 2021
Teton County, Wyoming, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
First responders who face devastating emergency response outcomes in Wyoming are finding support through the Teton Interagency Peer Support group. The group anonymously connects the first responders with trauma-inform...
13 March 2021
Nigeria
Text
1500-3000 Words
To combat high rates of sexual and gender-based violence in Nigeria, the Spotlight Initiative supports several organizations providing counseling and educational services to victims and to women and girls at risk of a...
12 March 2021
Chico, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A series of killings by the police sparked a community-led movement urging greater accountability and better training. The campaign bore fruit when the Chico mayor formed a committee to examine use of force policies. ...
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