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Candidates back co-responder programs, multi‑agency hubs to address homelessness and quality‑of‑life
Summary
Finalists described multi-disciplinary approaches used elsewhere — monthly case‑triage hubs, mental‑health co‑responders and daylighting traffic intersections — to reduce calls for service tied to homelessness, mental health and traffic safety.
During the town hall, each finalist outlined approaches they said had reduced calls for service tied to homelessness, substance use and traffic hazards. Michael Trail described forming a multi-disciplinary “North Penn Hub” in Lansdale that meets monthly to triage the county’s most complex cases and coordinate housing, behavioral-health and probation resources. He said the hub initially identified about 12 to 15 unhoused individuals in the…
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