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	"author_name": "Policy Matters Ohio",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/policy-matters-ohio",
	"title": "Care Response: The right tool for the job",
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	"description": "You wouldn’t use a hammer to paint a wall, or a paintbrush to hang a picture—you would use the right tool at the right time to meet the need you and your family face. The same is true in crisis services: Not every tool in our toolbox is right for every crisis. A complete continuum of crisis services must include cop response (such as specialized CIT officers), co-response (when police officers are accompanied by a social worker, paramedic, or crisis interventionist), and care response (when social workers, paramedics, and crisis interventionists respond without a police presence). ALL THREE RESPONSE TYPES ARE NEEDED FOR A COMPLETE CONTINUUM OF SERVICES. Peer cities demonstrating this complete continuum — and the improved outcomes that result for community members — include Baltimore, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Portland, and Albuquerque. Cleveland’s continuum of crisis services is a two-legged stool, with the majority of crisis calls responded to by police officers, only some of whom are trained in crisis intervention, and limited co-response programs taking place in Cleveland and Shaker Heights. Urge leaders in the city of Cleveland to take action today: non-police crisis response, also called care response, is a critical tool for our municipal toolbox. Care responders nationwide have been proven to create better outcomes for those experiencing nonviolent behavioral health disruptions, such as mental health conditions, or addiction or withdrawal symptoms. Care response programs can help individuals in crisis connect quickly to healthcare providers, and offer wraparound services to help prevent additional crisis moments from occurring. Care response programs save cities and counties money, help police departments focus on the calls where they are needed most, and create better health and outcomes for our neighbors in behavioral health crises. Tell the City of Cleveland to complete our continuum of crisis services NOW. Learn more about the movement for care response in Cuyahoga County at REACHNEO.COM",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/care-response-the-right-tool-for-the-job"
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