CAHOOTS, a team of medics and mental health counselors, estimates their crisis intervention work saves $7 million a year by not transporting patients to hospitals.
Dispatchers will send CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) to calls involving homeless people and provide medical and behavioral health assistance to relieve emergency crews.
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Austin paramedics from the Homeless Outreach Street Team hit the streets to connect homeless people with healthcare, housing and transportation services.
Wichita's 90-day pilot program will send the Integrated Care Team—a paramedic, police officer, and mental health specialist—to patients experiencing mental health crises.