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Everett’s CARE team reports 2,000 people served in 2025; SAMHSA grant extended through 2026
Summary
City of Everett staff told the Community Health and Safety Council Committee that the CARE comprehensive behavioral health initiative, funded by a $4.5 million SAMHSA grant, has served about 2,000 unique people in 2025, supported 909 911 calls and is funded through a no-cost extension to September 2026.
Kelly, a field supervisor on Everett’s CARE team, told the Community Health and Safety Council Committee on Oct. 1 that the city’s alternative-response program has served roughly 2,000 unique individuals so far in 2025 and supported 909 911 calls.
CARE, launched after a $4,500,000 SAMHSA grant awarded in September 2024, expands social-work response to substance-use and mental-health crises, program staff said. "Care is transforming how Everett responds to crisis," Kelly said, describing the team’s role in diverting behavioral-health calls from traditional first responders and providing follow-up case management.
The CARE model traces to earlier city work. Everett first embedded social workers in police operations in 2015 through the Community Outreach and Enforcement Team (COET). The city later developed MSW…
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