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Vallejo approves $1.6 million contract with Felton Institute to expand iHeart alternative response
Summary
City council voted unanimously to authorize a consultant services agreement with Felton Institute to fund and continue the iHeart alternative response program through June 30, 2026, and directed regular reporting to the new Public Safety Committee.
Vallejo’s City Council voted unanimously, with the vice mayor absent, to approve a consultant and professional services agreement with the Felton Institute to continue the iHeart alternative response program at a cost not to exceed $1,598,675 through June 30, 2026.
The program pairs behavioral-health trained responders with non‑police mobile crisis and community-engagement services to handle nonviolent calls that otherwise would produce a police response. Chief Jason Tall summarized the contract request and funding sources at the council meeting, telling the council the program had handled roughly 1,800 calls for service since an earlier pilot phase and that police were…
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