Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday announced an expansion of the Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement (CARE) program into four additional neighborhoods on the Southwest Side: Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, West Elsdon and West Lawn.
Paramedics and mental health professionals will soon begin responding to 911 calls in more communities across Chicago through an ongoing co-responder pilot program aimed at reshaping the way the city responds to mental health crises.Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday announced an expansion of the Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement program into four additional neighborhoods on the Southwest Side: Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, West Elsdon and West Lawn.
The alternative response teams will begin operating in those neighborhoods Monday to Friday, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. While those existing teams included police officers, the city said the new CARE teams will be paired down to just a Chicago Fire Department community paramedic and a Chicago Department of Public Health mental health clinician.
Those Individuals are also connected to community-based services to ensure their safety and stability.
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