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Trustee criticizes 988 rollout and urges written crisis-counseling plan for township
Summary
Trustee Heilenbach criticized the 988 crisis response rollout, called it a failure in the current funding and operational model, and said the township is pursuing a written agreement with Pillars to provide crisis counselors the township and local first responders can call.
Trustee Heilenbach used the trustees’ reports segment on March 11 to criticize the state and federal rollout of the 988 mental health crisis line and to outline local steps the township is pursuing to support crisis response.
Heilenbach said the program has underperformed since its launch and attributed staffing and funding problems to low call…
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