Current and Past Programs

  • CARE: Community Assessment Response & Engagement (Alameda, CA)

  • CATT: Community Assessment and Transport Team (Alameda County, CA)

  • ACCORD: Albany County Crisis Officials Responding and Diverting (NY)

  • ACS: Albuquerque Community Safety (NM)

  • ARCH: Alternative Response for Community Health (Ames, IA)

  • CRESS: Community Responders for Equity, Safety & Service (Amherst, MA)

  • CCRT: Community Care Response Team (Anaheim, CA)

  • Hope Team (Anaheim, CA)

  • Mobile Crisis Team (Anchorage, AK)

  • Angelo Quinto Crisis Response Team (Antioch, CA)

  • SGV CARE: San Gabriel Valley Crisis Assistance Response & Engagement (CA)

  • MOST: Mobile Outreach Support Team (Arlington County, VA)

  • Community Responders (Asheville, NC)

  • ART: Alternative Response Team (Athens-Clarke County, GA)

  • AMRT: Aurora Mobile Response Team (Aurora, CO)

  • EMCOT: Expanded Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (Austin, TX)

  • CHP: Community Health Paramedic Program (Austin-Travis County, TX)

  • BCAT: Bangor Community Action Team (ME)

  • ART: Alternative Response Team (Bellingham, WA)

  • CRU: Crisis Response Unit (Billings, MT)

  • Name TBD (Boston, MA)

  • CARE: Community Assistance Response and Engagement Team (Boulder, CO)

  • Alternative Response Team (Brooklyn Park, MN)

  • CSLs: Community Support Liaisons (Burlington, VT)

  • CARE: Crisis Assistance, Response, and Engagement (Chapel Hill, NC)

  • CARES: Community Assistance: Respond, Engage, Support (Charlotte, NC)

  • CARE: Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement (Chicago, IL)

  • ARC: Alternative Response to Crisis Team (Cincinnati, OH)

  • Co-Response Unit (Clark County, WA)

  • CCHAT: Clear Creek Health Assistance Team (Clear Creek County, CO)

  • ART: Alternate Response Team (Colorado Springs, CO)

  • SAFE: Specialized Assistance for Everyone (Cotati, CA)

  • Dayton Mediation Response Unit (Dayton, OH)

  • STAR: Support Team Assisted Response (Denver, CO)

  • CARE: Crisis Advocacy Response Effort (Des Moines, IA)

  • CCRT: Community Crisis Response Team (Deschutes County, OR)

  • HEART: Holistic Empathetic Assistance Response Teams (Durham, NC)

  • MRU: Mobile Response Unit (Englewood, CO)

  • CAHOOTS: Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (Eugene, OR)

  • CARE: Crisis Alternative Response of Eureka (Eureka, CA)

  • MCT: Mobile Crisis Team (Fairbanks, AK)

  • CARE: Community Alliance Response and Engagement (Flagstaff, AZ)

  • MCT: Mobile Crisis Team (Gallatin County, MT)

  • Be Well OC Mobile Response (Garde Grove, CA)

  • CARES: Crisis Assistance Response & Evaluation Services (Half Moon Bay, CA)

  • HART: Holistic Assistance Response Teams (Harris County, TX)

  • HEARTeam: Hartford Emergency Assistance Response Team (Hartford, CT)

  • MIHU: Mobile Integrated Health Unit (Hayward, CA)

  • CORE: Crisis Outreach Response and Engagement (Honolulu, HI)

  • MCOT-RR: Mobile Crisis Outreach Team Rapid Response (Houston, TX)

  • IHART: Integrated Health and Resource Team (Vallejo, CA)

  • CRT: Community Response Teams (Washington, DC)

  • Be Well Mobile Crisis Response Team (Westminster, CA)

  • BEAR: Behavioral Evaluation and Response Team (Winston-Salem, NC)

  • Mental Health Community Mobile Crisis Response (Worcester, MA)

Underlined programs are profiled below.

  • Be Well Huntington Beach (Huntington Beach, CA)

  • CLCR: Clinician-Led Community Response (Indianapolis, IN)

  • MCRT: Mobile Crisis Response Team (Irvine, CA)

  • Be Well OC Mobile Response Team (Laguna Beach, CA)

  • LIGHT: Lessen the Incidence of Grief, Harm and Trauma (Las Cruces, CA)

  • CRT: Crisis Response Team (Las Vegas, NV)

  • CCR: Community Crisis Response Team (Long Beach, CA)

  • REACH: Restorative Engagement to Achieve Collective Health (Long Beach, CA)

  • CIRCLE: Crisis and Incident Response through Community Led Engagement (Los Angeles, CA)

  • UMCR: Unarmed Model of Crisis Response (Los Angeles, CA)

  • Therapeutic Transportation Program (Los Angeles County, CA)

  • CCDP: Crisis Call Diversion Program (Louisville, KY)

  • CARES: Community Alternative Response Emergency Services (Madison, WI)

  • Crisis Team (Mesa, AZ)

  • BCR: Behavioral Crisis Response Team (Minneapolis, MN)

  • Mobile Support Team (Missoula, MT)

  • CHAT: Community Health and Assistance Team (Modesto, CA)

  • SGV CARE: San Gabriel Valley Crisis Assistance Response & Engagement (Montebello, CA)

  • REACH: Responders Engaged and Committed to Help (Nashville, TN)

  • COMPASS: Compassionate Allies Serving our Streets (New Haven, CT)

  • MCIU: Mobile Crisis Intervention Unit (New Orleans, LA)

  • B-HEARD: Behavioral Health Emergency Assistance Response Division (New York City, NY)

  • Be Well Mobile Crisis Team (Newport Beach, CA)

  • DCC: Division of Community Care (Northampton, MA)

  • MACRO: Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (Oakland, CA)

  • CRU: Crisis Response Unity (Olympia, WA)

  • Community Response Team (Orlando, FL)

  • SAFE: Specialized Assistance for Everyone (Petaluma, CA)

  • AR-3 (Philadelphia, PA)

  • CAP: Community Assistance Program (Phoenix, AZ)

  • PSR: Portland Street Response (Portland, OR)

  • Appropriate Responses Initiative (Ramsey County, MN)

  • PIC: Person in Crisis (Rochester, NY)

  • SAFE: Specialized Assistance for Everyone (Rohnert Park, CA)

  • CRU: Crisis Response Unit (Round Rock, TX)

  • Department of Community Response (Sacramento, CA)

  • CARES: Community Alternative Response Emergency Services (Saint Paul, MN)

  • CRT: Crisis Response Team (Cornell University)

  • CALL: Community Assistance and Liaison (Saint Petersburg, FL)

  • CHAT: Community Health Access Team (Salt Lake City, UT)

  • MCRT: Mobile Crisis Response Team (San Diego County, CA)

  • HEART: Homeless Engagement Assistance Response Team (San Francisco, CA)

  • SCRT: Street Crisis Response Team (San Francisco, CA)

  • Mobile Crisis Unit (San Louis Obispo, CA)

  • Mental Health First Community Response (Oakland, CA)

  • SGV CARE: San Gabriel Valley Crisis Assistance Response & Engagement (San Marino, CA)

  • SAFE: Specialized Assistance for Everyone (San Rafael, CA)

  • Alternative Response Unit (Santa Fe, NM)

  • CRU: Community Response Unit (Santa Monica, CA)

  • inRESPONSE Team (Santa Rosa, CA)

  • Health One (Seattle, WA)

  • SGV CARE: San Gabriel Valley Crisis Assistance Response & Engagement (South Pasadena, CA)

  • HOPE Team (Tacoma, WA)

  • CARE 7 Response Team (Tempe, AZ)

  • ART: Alternative Response Team (Tulsa, OK)

City/County Crisis Response Program profiles

Minneapolis, MN

BCR (Behavioral Crisis Response) teams consist of 2 responders who are employed by Canopy Roots. Responders "must meet state requirements for mental health professionals or practitioner." The program now runs 24/7, with 3 vans, 20 full time responders, and 11 part time responders. Source

Eugene and springfield, or

2 person responder teams made of 1 medic and 1 crisis worker employed by White Bird Clinic. CAHOOTS features a wide range of services for those in need, including substance abuse, mental health and suicide prevention, and support for the unhoused. The program was housed under the Eugene PD from its inception in 1989 until 2023, at which point it was transferred to the Fire Department before it announced the reduction of service in Eugene in 2025 due to funding cuts. Source

olympia, wa

CRU is staffed by crisis response specialists and crisis response lead workers, with 2 "Familiar Faces" operating as part of this program. It is standard to send 2 responders but sometimes for more straightforward calls only 1 is sent. The responders were originally contracted to an outside organization but were then hired as city employees within the Police Department. Source

los angeles, ca

As part of its Alternative Crisis Response (ACR), LA County has a field intervention team that consists of 1 mental health clinician and 1 community health worker that can be contacted only through the 24/7 hotline number - not 911. Field intervention services are also available 24/7 and the program is run through the LA County Department of Mental Health. Source

Cornell university

During the 2021-2022 school year, Cornell piloted a crisis response program that became fully integrated under the university Division of Public Safety in the 2022-2023 school year. The team operates Monday-Friday 8am-11pm and Saturdays from 1pm-11pm. Crisis Response Teams (CRT) respond in teams of two to any situation that is happening on campus. In the pilot phase, the program was only able to respond to situations in campus residence halls, but that qualification changed when the program expanded. Source 1. Source 2. Source 3

Denver, CO

2 person responder teams comprised of a 1 behavioral health clinician from private mental health clinic WellPower and 1 paramedic from Denver Health and Hospital Authority. In total, the program employs 16 behavioral health clinicians, 16 paramedics, and has 8 vans. STAR operates 7 days a week between the hours of 6am and 10pm with the hopes to reach 24/7 capacity this year. Denver's program is designed to serve people experiencing "mental health distress and substance use disorders." The program is funded by a community non-profit called the Caring for Denver Foundation. Denver STAR can be reached through 911 or a direct call number. If a 911 caller directly requests STAR services, dispatchers will still follow the appropriate call procedures to determine the best services to provide. Source 1. Source 2 . Source 3

Chicago, Il

Team of 2 responders, 1 Chicago Department of Public Health Mental Health Crisis Clinician and 1 EMT. The CARE program runs Monday through Friday from 10:30am to 4pm in certain areas of the city that have been deemed to demonstrate the highest need. In fiscal year 2022, the program was funded through the American Recovery Plan as well as Corporate Funds under the city's Framework for Mental Health Equity. 911 dispatch centers have embedded professionals to support people experiencing mental health crises. Source 1. Source 2

San francisco, ca

SCRT (Street Crisis Response Team) is staffed by a community paramedic and/or EMT along with a peer or Homeless Outreach Team member. This program specifically states their population as those experiencing mental health and substance use crisis, along with homelessness. SCRT is operational 24/7, with up to 12 crisis response teams. Operates under city department of health, collaborating with Fire Department and health service organizations. Funded by city business tax and a private donor. A second team provides follow up care to those who've engaged in SCRT. Source 1. Source 2

San diego, ca

Mobile Crisis Response Teams (MCRT) are available 24/7 to respond to calls about mental health and substance abuse concerns. The teams are made up of 3 responders - 1 mental health clinician, 1 case manager, and 1 peer support specialist. This service is available through San Diego Access and Crisis Line. The county has contracts with Exodus Recovery and Telecare Corp to staff the program. Recently, the MCRT has focused its expansion on targeting college campuses, tribal communities, and military bases. Source 1. Source 2. Source 3

NYC, NY

3 person responder teams made up of 2 FDNY EMS personnel and 1 mental health professional from Health and Hospitals. B-HEARD responders are trained to be able to respond to people having a wide range of behavioral health challenges, include substance misuse, serious mental health issues, and physical challenges. B-HEARD operates in the entirety of the Bronx, and certain neighborhoods in Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. B-HEARD can only be accessed through 911 and callers can not specifically request the services of a crisis response team, that decision is left to 911 dispatchers. Source 1. Source 2.

Indianapolis, in

The 3 person MCAT response team consists of 1 police officer, 1 paramedic, and 1 licensed mental health professional. The program is a partnership between the Police Department, Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, and Eskenazi Health Midtown Community Mental Health. MCAT operates Monday through Friday. There are 5 shifts from 7:30am to 3:30pm and 2 shifts from 10am to 6pm. Additionally, under the Office of Public Health and Safety, Indianapolis now offers a program called Clinician Led Community Response that operates 24/7 in certain areas of the city. 911 dispatches a team of 1 clinician and 1 peer support specialist in partnership with Stepping Stones Therapy Center. Source 1. Source 2. Source 3

Portland, Or

Portland Street Response (PSR) Teams respond in teams of 2 or 3, composed of a community EMT, a licensed mental health crisis responder, and a peer support specialist who is designed to provide aftercare support. PSR is designed to support the unhoused populations having mental health challenges. The PSR teams are not legally allowed to enter private residences or locked buildings, though this year they were approved to enter unlocked public spaces, such as lobbies of government buildings and restaurants. Along with that change, PSR teams are now allowed to provide transport services themselves. Source 1. Source 2

oakland, ca

M.H. First Community Response operates on Fridays and Saturdays between the hours of 2pm and 2am. It's staffed by volunteer counselors, therapists and social workers, and run by a non-profit organization called the Anti-Police Terror Project - it has no affiliations with the Oakland Police Department. Source

colleges and universities with Crisis Response Programs

Cornell university

During the 2021-2022 school year, Cornell piloted a crisis response program that became fully integrated under the university Division of Public Safety in the 2022-2023 school year. The team operates Monday-Friday 8am-11pm and Saturdays from 1pm-11pm. Crisis Response Teams (CRT) respond in teams of two to any situation that is happening on campus. In the pilot phase, the program was only able to respond to situations in campus residence halls, but that qualification changed when the program expanded. Source 1. Source 2. Source 3

cal State Fullerton

CAPS understands that sometimes mental health or life concerns can rise above the level of distressing and reach the threshold of a mental health crisis. If this happens to you, we want you to know that we are available to help. A Mobile Crisis Team is available to students. Source

Cal State Longbeach

CAPS provides crisis intervention services for students experiencing an urgent mental health concern. A crisis may include thoughts of harming self or others, experiencing a traumatic event, a significant loss, odd or intrusive thoughts, or other situations or feelings interfering with routine daily functioning. 

CAPS crisis intervention services focus on ensuring student safety, problem-solving, identification of coping strategies, and providing appropriate referrals for additional support. Source

Uinversity of california SAnta Cruz

The UCSC Campus Mobile Crisis Team is the first program of its kind on a University of California Campus. An extension of Counseling and Psychological Services, the program was created to support students’ diverse needs through innovative and culturally competent responses to campus behavioral health crises.  Source.

The behavioral health team provides crisis response services to all members of the UCSC community, with a particular focus on providing support to the unique needs of our student population. An accessible, student-friendly and mobile form of mental health crisis support is provided through:

  • Connecting individuals to appropriate behavioral health services and resources

  • Wellness checks for individuals in emotional distress

  • Coordination and referrals with Counseling and Psychological Services 

  • A team that is trained to respond, assess and utilize crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques

oregon state

OSU Assist is a multidisciplinary support team that provides compassionate mobile crisis response and wraparound services for individuals facing extenuating circumstances or experiencing other forms of distress.  Source

University of california San Diego

Triton CORE is a mobile response team at UC San Diego that provides compassionate intervention and support to students experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The Triton CORE team is composed of licensed behavioral health professionals equipped to engage in mobile crisis response, conduct behavioral health wellness checks, and can provide in-person or telehealth assessment for students facing behavioral health challenges, substance use related crises, and other forms of distress. Source

Virginia COmmonwealth University

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Sonoma state university

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