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County launches coordinated outreach pilot for frequent users of police and social services; officials to track outcomes
Summary
Mendocino County staff described a planned countywide outreach pilot to connect frequent users of law enforcement, emergency and social services with behavioral-health and housing supports; the county will use its Heads Up referral system to track individual outcomes.
Mendocino County supervisors on Jan. 14 discussed plans to expand coordinated outreach for people who repeatedly use emergency and social services, an effort staff framed as a countywide roll-out of approaches used in Fort Bragg and other pockets of the county.
The proposed effort — described at the workshop as “CORE” (Community Outreach Response and Engagement) and linked to the existing Heads Up referral system and a mobile dual-response program — pairs law enforcement officers with behavioral-health clinicians and social-services…
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