A program that sends health professionals, instead of police officers, to respond to 911 calls about people in mental ...

In Oklahoma City, a new program is diverting emergency mental health calls to trained social workers, peer support ...

Albuquerque’s earned national attention for sending social workers instead of police to non-emergency situations. Now, a ...

People who are in distress and need support are often met with handcuffs, detention and are sent to hospital emergency ...

One in five adults experiences a mental illness each year, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...

A city initiative to respond to mental health emergencies with social workers and EMTs instead of police officers is failing ...

In an emergency, police are often the first called to the scene. But they are rarely equipped to deal with complex mental ...

At the heart of this reform is a $28 million investment over four years to transition 111 mental distress call responses from ...

Police are spending an increasing amount of time responding to mental health crisis incidents. There's a push to have police ...

It took vision, commitment and courage from OKC leaders to move from conversation to implementation of crisis intervention measure in just over a year.