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Dane County subsidizes CARES Sun Prairie pilot after 28 responses; public dashboard planned
Summary
County staff reported early results from the expansion of the CARES mobile crisis response into Sun Prairie: 28 responses through June 24, most handled on scene, a county subsidy covering about 70% of Sun Prairie’s costs, and a public dashboard and independent evaluation pending.
Dane County officials told the Health & Human Needs and Public Protection & Judiciary joint committees on June 30 that the county-subsidized CARES mobile crisis pilot in Sun Prairie has responded 28 times through June 24, with most calls resolved on scene and only a handful resulting in transport.
The update came as Todd Campbell, Dane County Behavioral Health Division administrator, and Carrie Simon, county urgent care manager, summarized how CARES fits into the county’s broader crisis continuum and the data being used to refine operations. Paul Simon of MOSES delivered a public comment urging continued investment in front-end crisis response reforms, saying it is “as or more important to implement reforms that will keep people out of the criminal legal system and out of the jail.”
County staff said CARES began responding in Sun Prairie in early February. Of the 28 recorded Sun Prairie responses through June 24, 20 were to private homes and four resulted in transport to another facility, staff said. County data reporting for CARES shows 353 total missed-call instances across the…
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