- 5,700 calls in ATX. That’s how many mental health crisis calls in 2021 were handled by Austin’s “crisis clinicians, who can also deploy [the city’s] Mobile Crisis Outreach Team,” Stephanie Kanowitz reported for Government Executive’s GCN this week.
- “Mental Health Response Teams Yield Better Outcomes Than Police In NYC, Data Shows.” That’s the title of an article from NPR’s Deepa Shivaram on a new report detailing NYC’s Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division’s first month of operation.
