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Task force leans toward peer-heavy responder teams, urges competitive pay and clinical oversight
Summary
Members recommended a peer-support–centered responder model with clinical supervision and nursing access, warned against underpaying staff, and asked staff to propose training, screening and staffing tiers aligned to Urbana’s call mix.
Discussion at the task force moved beyond eligibility to who should staff Urbana’s teams. D and Amos summarized responder categories—trained civilian, clinician/social worker, EMT/paramedic, and peer support specialist—and compared city models that use tiered teams. Amos said conflict resolution and service-connection calls form the bulk of CRT-eligible volume, a profile that informed members’ views about staffing.
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