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Project Hope program uses behavioral‑health officers to steer people from jail, county presenter says
Summary
County presenter described Project Hope as a partnership between Menominee City Police and the sheriff's office that places specially trained officers with caseworkers to divert people with behavioral-health needs from arrest and connect them to services; Dunn County is a state pilot site and part of a national research study.
At the meeting the committee heard a report on Project Hope, a collaboration aimed at diverting people with behavioral‑health needs from the criminal justice system.
A county presenter described Project Hope as "a collaboration between Menominee City Police and our sheriff's office," funded by a mix of federal and state grants. The program assigns specially trained officers — identified in the…
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