Portland Street Response and CHAP described as complementary but funding and scope questions remain
City staff outlined Portland Street Response’s operations, recent staffing gains and case-management work; officials also described CHAP, a fire-bureau medical diversion program that lacks stable ongoing funding.
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Portland Street Response (PSR) sends paired response teams — an EMT plus a mental-health crisis responder — to nonviolent behavioral-health and low-acuity calls and maintains an aftercare team that follows up with clients, Enterprise Services Director Elizabeth Perez told the council Jan. 9.
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