Tag Archives: Calls

Using Mental Health Team, Not Cops, on 911 Calls Lowers Crime

June 14 – Pairing a psychological well being professional with a paramedic to answer low-level, nonviolent 911 calls decreased the variety of felony offenses in downtown Denver, a brand new examine reveals. These non-police response groups have been educated to deal with issues associated to psychological well being, despair, poverty, homelessness, and/or substance abuse. During […]

Runaway Hotlines See Spike in Calls from Kids During COVID

Feb. 22, 2022 — The calls saved coming into the National Runaway Safeline throughout the pandemic: the determined children who needed to bike away from residence in the midst of the evening, the remoted youths who felt suicidal, the teenagers whose dad and mom had pressured them out of the home. To the shock of […]

New HIV and AIDS Strategy Calls Racism a Public Health Crisis

YouTube: “President Biden Delivers Remarks on World AIDS Day,” The White House. HIV.gov: “National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States 2022-2025,” “What Is Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States?” Gregorio Millett, vp, American Foundation for AIDS Research. amfAR: “Ending the HIV Epidemic Database.” The Lancet, Public Health: “Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of […]