New alternative response team on the horizon for Clear Creek

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Clear Creek County is getting closer to launching its alternative response team that will respond to calls from the community with the goal of reducing contact with law enforcement for nonviolent crises. e Clear Creek Board of County Commissioners heard a presentation on April 18 regarding the progress of the alternative response team

Multiple Clear Creek County agencies, including the Department of Human Services, Emergency Medical Services and Law Enforcement agencies from all over the county have put together a framework for the Clear Creek Health Assistance

According to the county members putting the program together, CCHAT will start with two providers, a paramedic and a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), that would be in service 40 hours per week. e team will be overseen by Clear Creek EMS and housed at station 1A in Dumont.