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The Council of State Governments published some of the early learnings from a recent convening of four states—New Jersey, Utah, Virginia, and Washington—where state leaders are integrating 911 and 988 emergency response into a single, coordinated system that saves resources and reduces response times for all first responder teams, from law enforcement to mobile crisis response to fire to paramedics.

Report: Harvard Examines How Crisis Responder Teams Are Operating Around The Country. Published by the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab, the new landscape analysis examines 911 and program data from nine crisis response teams in operation around the country. Using de-identified dispatch and operational data, the report examines how the teams are structured, dispatched, and integrated into local emergency systems. Across the report, researchers identify “findings on emerging trends in program model variation” and “on early insights into performance.”

Mobile Crisis Response Teams Expanding—And Freeing Up Police And Fire Resources—Around The Country.