Cities Expand Clean Teams To Create Welcoming, Safe Downtowns: “‘If The Streets Don’t Feel Safe And Aren’t Clean… People Won’t Spend Time Downtown.”

May 3, 2026 By mattferner
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Cities Expanding Safety Ambassador Teams To Handle Situations “That Otherwise Would Have Resulted In Calls To Police,” And Serve As “Additional Eyes And Ears” Downtown.

May 3, 2026 By mattferner
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Toolkit: Hospitals Nationwide Given “Roadmap” To Scale Violence Prevention—With Hospital-Based Intervention Programs At The Core.

May 3, 2026 By mattferner
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Cities Opening New Crisis Stabilization Centers To Reduce Reliance On ERs, Jails.

April 26, 2026 By mattferner
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Report: States Are Using Smarter Policy Tools To Grow The Behavioral Health Workforce.

April 26, 2026 By mattferner
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San Francisco Street Crisis Response Team Has Responded To Over 70,000 Calls For Service.

April 26, 2026 By mattferner
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Cities Expand Downtown Ambassador Programs To De-Escalate Issues, Support Outreach, And Free Up Police Resources

April 20, 2026 By mattferner
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“Should Gun Violence Intervention Efforts Start Earlier? These Researchers Think So.”

April 20, 2026 By mattferner
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Study: Embedding Mental Health Clinicians In 911 Centers Reduces Police Response To Some Calls, Frees Up Hundreds Of Police Officer Hours.

April 20, 2026 By mattferner
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Study: Business Leaders, Service Providers Say That Health Experts, Rather Than Police, Are Better Positioned For Effective Overdose Response.

April 13, 2026 By mattferner
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