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Portland Street Response and CHAP described as complementary but funding and scope questions remain
Summary
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.
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.
Perez said PSR celebrated its fourth anniversary on Jan. 7 and has filled 11 positions since July 2024, with three recruitments under way.…
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