- “The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2023 bill,” which includes, “$60 million, an increase of $50 million above the FY 2022 enacted level, to help communities continue to create mobile crisis response teams.”
- “The Albuquerque Community Safety Department—which is in place to respond 24/7 to calls of addiction, inebriation, homelessness, and other issues not requiring police or EMTs—is nearly doubling its department funding from $7.7 million to $15 million,” according to KRQE’s Natalie Wadas.
- Philadelphia’s FY2023 budget allocates an additional $7.3m “for mobile crisis units, which provide non-police responses to mental health crises,” per a press release from Councilmember Kendra Brooks.
