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Council authorizes $243,030 DMH grant for police jail‑arrest diversion clinicians
Summary
Brockton City Council voted unanimously to accept $243,030 from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health to fund outreach clinicians who will work with police on a jail arrest diversion program.
The Brockton City Council voted Aug. 25 to authorize acceptance and expenditure of a $243,030 grant award from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health for a jail arrest diversion program. Councilors adopted the order by roll call; the clerk recorded the vote as 10 in the affirmative.
The council initially had a $50,000 grant listed but Councilor Lally said the amount had increased and asked to table the earlier paper and introduce a late file with the full award. After accepting the late file under suspension of the rules, the council approved the larger award. The late file states the grant will fund outreach clinicians who will work in cooperation with the Brockton Police Department's core response officers and other police personnel.
Roll‑call record: The clerk called roll; councilors recorded affirmative votes and the order was adopted by the council. The transcript shows the clerk called the roll and recorded "10 in the affirmative." No recorded no or abstentions were shown.
Discussion versus decision: This was a formal acceptance of state grant funds; the council adopted the order by roll call during the Aug. 25 meeting.
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The council authorized the grant acceptance and expenditure; the mayor and relevant police and health officials will implement the program according to the grant terms.
