Denver’s co-responder program pairs clinicians from the mentalhealthcenterofdenver with police officers to respond to 911 calls. A Caring for Denver grant expanded this innovative and effective approach and added 10 clinicians and 11 case managers to better respond to people in crisis and connect them with care, with units responding to 2,062 calls in the first 11 months of 2020, compared to 1,725 calls for 2018.
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