The Aurora Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Unit began as a one-person operation out of a small office, Police Chief Keith Cross recounted Tuesday. It now has two full-time social workers, with ...
SALT LAKE CITY — On World Social Work Day, the Salt Lake City Police Department gave KSL-TV an exclusive look at how its social work team assists and responds to people in the community. The ...
As many as 100,000 people move through Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport each day and a growing number of them are struggling with mental health challenges. Now, Victoria Romberg is at MSP to ...
An Oregon-based program that monitors social media use may have helped deter more than 150 youth suicide attempts in the five years it’s operated, reports a new study published online today in the ...
A police radio crackles, and Washington County social worker Hannah Driver listens in. If the call is for a person with a mental health crisis — about one-fifth of all 911 calls, studies show — Driver ...
If you or someone you know is struggling, you can call or text 988 to reach the suicide and crisis lifeline or contact the YouthLine. Help is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This ...
Johnson County crisis intervention deputies Jim Engemark, Shannon Chambers and Chad Poytner pose for a photo inside the Indiana Statehouse in 2023. The deputies were at the Statehouse as part of ...
UConn’s School of Social Work in Downtown Hartford, Conn. The school recently received a grant aimed at tackling the youth behavioral crisis. Photo Courtesy: @uconnsocialwork on Instagram The ...