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Speakers urge council to cancel underfunded RFP and restore Cahoots-style crisis response

Eugene City Council · February 19, 2026

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Summary

Multiple community members told the council the city's RFP for alternative community response is underfunded at $375,000, is redundant with existing peer navigation services, and will not scale; speakers urged canceling and reissuing the RFP with realistic funding to restore Cahoots-style 24/7 crisis response.

Several public commenters on Feb. 23 pressed the council to restore a Cahoots-style alternative crisis response and to revise or cancel a current RFP they said is underfunded.

Greta Davis and members of her Girl Scout troop called for a return of Cahoots-like mobile crisis medics that would answer 911…

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