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Working Group: Mental Health/Addiction
Key Issue: Mental health and addiction services are often unaligned and disconnected, as are City and County initiatives on these issues. Misalignment exacerbates and prolongs racial and ethnic inequities in access to mental health and addiction services.
Recommendation: Systems: Assure that current County and City initiatives regarding mental health emergency response services are fully integrated — i.e., one emergency response system, not two. A
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City Youth & Human Services
County Human Services - Mental Health 3+ years
County Public Health Mixed
County Public Safety - Conflict Defender 3+ years

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