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City and state funds secure Alternate Response Team operations; county adds staff with BHASO support
Summary
Bellingham and Whatcom County update: city council approved $375,000 over 18 months for the Alternate Response Team (ART); the program remains funded from multiple sources including near-$600,000-per-year state legislative funding and BHASO support to add one staff member.
On July 15, the committee received an operations and funding update on the Alternate Response Team (ART). Dan Hamill reported that the city council approved a $375,000 allocation for ART covering the next 18 months.
Melora, ART program staff, described current operations and funding: the team has five staff and one supervisor,…
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