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Chilliwack, Abbotsford getting crisis response teams as part of $3M expansion Teams pair officers, nurses to offer mental-health assessments, crisis intervention, and referrals Jennifer Feinberg The Progress
Chilliwack and Abbotsford are two of nine B.C. communities getting crisis-response teams as part of a $3 million expansion of the in-demand program. “Mobile integrated crisis-response teams” are rolling out in their communities with police officers and healthcare professionals working in tandem to address crisis calls. “The goal of these teams is to resolve the mental health crisis and those situations collaboratively and in a trauma-informed way,” said Jennifer Whiteside, minister of mental health and addictions at the announcement Monday (July 17) in Chilliwack. “We are expanding crisis-response
teams across the province to ensure that at their most vulnerable time, people in distress in our communities receive a health-focused response and connections to the services and supports they need.” Crisis-response teams are also coming to Port Coquitlam/Coquitlam, Burnaby, Penticton, Vernon, Squamish, Prince Rupert and the Westshore (Kelowna), in addition to Chilliwack and Abbotsford. The minister said the province heard from partners, and those with lived experience, that “to know better is to do better” and to recognize that a “law enforcement approach doesn’t work for everyone or in all situations.” B.C. Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside in Chilliwack announcing $3 million expansion of mobile integrated crisis response teams Continued on Page A6 to Chilliwack, Abbotsford and seven other B.C. communities. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
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