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Finance committee reviews FY26 master agreement funding clinicians for crisis-response
Summary
The Finance Committee heard details about a FY26 master agreement to accept grant funds that pay for behavioral health clinicians who join police crisis responses; staff said the clinicians provide about 65% coverage and the city is a pass-through fiduciary for the funding.
The Finance Committee on Sept. 15 heard staff describe a FY26 master agreement that will bring grant funds to pay behavioral-health clinicians who respond with police to crisis calls. Lieutenant Elliot of the police department said the grant pays for the clinic component of the city’s crisis-intercept program.
The funding matters because clinicians on scene are part of a broader modern policing strategy to de‑escalate crisis calls and provide clinical assessment and care. “This money pays for our 9‑1‑1 connecting crisis intercept team,” Lieutenant Elliot said. “When somebody calls in during crisis ... we…
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