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Doug Wolfberg raises concerns about New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ mental health directive
“EMS providers are effectively being required to intervene and transport persons merely because they are homeless and apparently mentally ill”
A call about a man walking barefoot in the snow led to an idea with an old RV
The initial call for the Colorado Springs Community Response Medicine crew was for man lying near the water
The medical director for the Middletown Division of Fire stated the paramedics “breached the standard of care and the breach caused” the death
Portland saw a record number of fatalities in the homeless population due to drug overdoses
Drug use, violence and fires are highlighted as cities sweep camps and struggle with housing solutions
The Office of Community Health and Safety mental responds to behavioral health crises, overdose incidents and homelessness
State health officials say the street medicine program reaches some of the state’s sickest and most vulnerable people
One of the patients was transported to a hospital in critical condition
An expansion of Medi-Cal funding has helped Clinica Sierra Vista deliver medical care to the homeless population
Phoenix has seen 28 consecutive days of 110 Fahrenheit ever recorded
LAFD firefighters had to extricate three people from the car after it crashed into the camp
Sweltering weather spreads from the Southwest to California causing heat-related deaths
For the last two years, the Portland Street Response sent mental health workers and EMTs instead of police to people experiencing a mental health emergency
Calif. voters want behavioral health professionals to respond to non-life-threatening 911 calls
Over 2,200 unhoused people died in 2021, a sharper increase than in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic
Mayor Eric Adams says he wants LEOs and medics to more aggressively get severely mentally ill individuals off the streets and subways and into treatment
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the directive as an effort to curb a recent wave of crimes involving people experiencing homelessness
Madison’s Community Alternative Response for Emergency Services sends paramedics and crisis workers instead of police
The County has set up free vending machines for people exiting jails and sent medical teams out with naloxone on their rounds at encampments
The team treats low-acuity patients, reducing volume for ATCEMS and emergency departments
The Crisis Outreach Response and Engagement program will send a separate team of EMTs and community health workers to nonviolent homeless-related 911 calls
The man was charged with aggravated assault, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, harassment, institutional vandalism and simple assault
The Healthy Streets Operations Center team includes members of EMS-6, plus clinical social workers from the city’s Department of Public Health
Created earlier this year, Santa Fe’s Alternative Response Unit members are trained in de-escalation techniques
Under the program, the partnered roles will serve as the city’s Mobile Crisis Unit, providing “non-emergency response and care to unhoused community members”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed also announced a new Street Wellness Response Team to expand mobile mental health and social services
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