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Council approves expanded behavioral health funding for police response; adds part‑time clinician
Summary
Council approved up to $113,000 in additional federal funding and a contract change order to add a part-time clinician to the Newark Police Department behavioral health unit; vote passed 6–0.
City Council voted unanimously on July 14 to accept up to $113,000 in additional federal grant funding from the Delaware Criminal Justice Council’s Connect and Protect program and to approve a change order to the existing contract to add a part-time mental health clinician to the Newark Police Department’s behavioral health unit.
Deputy Chief Kevin Feeney described the existing program: the department received $103,600 in federal…
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