Community Assistance Program Expansion

At a glance

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• What: the city's $15 million expansion of the Community Assistance Program, which sends behavioral health and crisis response units to calls.
• Where it stands: update heard October 7: 86% of open positions filled, recruiting resumes in October.

Sources

• 2026-10-07 - Public Safety and Justice Subcommittee (video of the October 7 meeting, auto-captions)

Log

• 2026-10-07 - Public Safety and Justice Subcommittee - In August 2026, 604 calls were transferred to behavioral health; nine behavioral health units and seven crisis response units run around the clock, most crisis responses as co-responses, with a goal of under 25 minutes. The data is now on the city manager's performance dashboard.