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Candidates call for expanded mental-health and addiction response; push to make mobile support team 24/7
Summary
Forum candidates urged expanded behavioral-health services and broader hours for Missoula's mobile support team, cited cuts in state funding and the need for coordinated local services including onsite clinics at navigation centers.
Missoula City Council candidates at the Oct. 29 candidate forum emphasized gaps in local mental-health and addiction services and urged expanding nonpolice response options, including converting the mobile support team into a round-the-clock service.
Daniel Carlino, a Ward 3 council member, said the mobile support team "is only operating about 10 hours of the day right now" and called to make it 24/7 so people in crisis could receive a mental-health professional instead of a law-enforcement response. "I'll be pushing to expand that," he said.
David Quattrocci, a community organizer who works at…
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