Anchorage rolls out crisis-response dashboard, highlights growing mobile crisis capacity and new stabilization centers
Jun 1, 2026
The mayor’s office and municipal teams presented a crisis-response dashboard showing expanded mobile-crisis activity, plans to bill Medicaid when records are interoperable, and two new crisis-stabilization sites coming this year: South Central Foundation’s facility in the fall and a Providence center by end of 2026.
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Thea Agnu Benben of the mayor’s office and Ben Mat of the municipal innovation team presented a crisis-response metrics dashboard that maps calls, responses and places to go in Anchorage’s behavioral-health crisis continuum. "Our goal is that we get the right response to each person in crisis when and where they need it," Agnu Benben said, describing four mayoral goals: a robust public-safety workforce, reduced crime with accountability, increased access to crisis care, and safe, welcoming public spaces.
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