by Gretchen Currie | Jun 13, 2020 | CAHOOTS
By RICHARD READ SEATTLE BUREAU CHIEF Los Angeles Times JUNE 12, 2020 “Across the nation, political leaders are struggling to strike a balance between righting injustices in ways that might mollify those protesting racism and brutality while at the same time...
by Gretchen Currie | Jun 12, 2020 | CAHOOTS
NPR Morning Edition took a look at effective alternatives to police response that keep people out of jails and emergency rooms. Tim Black from CAHOOTS is featured at about 7:08.
by Gretchen Currie | Jun 10, 2020 | CAHOOTS
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talked with crisis workers Benjamin Brubaker and Ebony Morgan at White Bird Clinic in Eugene, Ore., about their Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets program as an alternative to police intervention. Read the transcript…
by Gretchen Currie | Jun 8, 2020 | CAHOOTS
from the New York Times, June 5, 2020 “One model that members of the Minneapolis City Council cite is Cahoots, a nonprofit mobile crisis intervention program that has handled mental health calls in Eugene, OR since 1989. CAHOOTS employees responded to more than...
by Gretchen Currie | Oct 23, 2019 | CAHOOTS
White Bird’s CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) program continues to make headlines. CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell correspondent Omar Villafranca went on a ride-along with CAHOOTS to see them at work and learn why the program is being...
by Gretchen Currie | Jun 25, 2019 | CAHOOTS
White Bird Clinic’s CAHOOTS program is meeting with stakeholders to share an innovative model for mobile crisis intervention that would otherwise be handled by public safety or emergency medical response. OAKLAND, CA – White Bird Clinic of Eugene, OR has developed an...
