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Monday, June 28, 2021

Dear John,

An initiative in Oregon is sending mental health crisis workers and
EMTs, rather than police, to mental health emergencies.

Enlisting Mental Health Workers In Crisis Response

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In the US, exhibiting symptoms of a mental illness increases the risks
associated with interacting with law enforcement.

An initiative in Eugene, Oregon, is working to address this public
health issue through a mobile crisis team called CAHOOTS, which stands
for Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets. This service sends a
mental health crisis worker and an EMT, rather than police, to calls
involving people experiencing serious mental health distress.

In a June Health Affairs article in our Leading To Health series, Rob
Waters highlights CAHOOTS and the program's success
.

Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner told Waters that "for years, we've
been sending cops to things that we shouldn't be sending cops to" and
explained that CAHOOTS teams "almost immediately deescalate a situation"
when they respond.

There are pushes to bring CAHOOTS-like programs to cities across the
country, and the American Rescue Plan signed into law in March made
federal funds available to states to establish more such programs.

Alan Weil, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief, will interview David Zeiss,
cofounder of CAHOOTS, on an upcoming episode of A Health Podyssey
.

Today on Health Affairs Blog, J. Craig Wilson discusses how the use of
Medicaid premium assistance

through qualified health plans by definition meets the "equal access"
standard.

Elevating Voices: Pride Month: In a 2012 GrantWatch post on Health
Affairs Blog, Ryan Barker advocated for more attention to health
disparities faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LBGT)
community
.

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Enlisting Mental Health Workers, Not Cops, In Mobile Crisis Response

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One-on-One with Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology, US Department of Health and Human Services

On

**Thursday, July 1, 2021**, you are invited to join

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**Health Affairs** Editor-in-Chief

**Alan Weil** when he welcomes Micky Tripathi, the new National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the US Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS). At HHS, Tripathi leads the formulation
of the federal health IT strategy and coordinates federal health IT
policies, standards, programs, and investments.

There will be an opportunity for viewers to contribute questions.

**Date:   Thursday, July 1, 2021**

**Time:   1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (EDT)**
Place:     Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in
advance of the event.

**Health Affairs** is grateful to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and
The Commonwealth Fund for their support of the special issue, "The
Affordable Care Act Turns 10
" (March 2020, Vol. 39,
No. 3: 359-544), and this event.

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