{"id":48507,"date":"2024-03-20T15:50:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T22:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweet-pascal.52-27-215-206.plesk.page\/san-jose-pushes-to-expand-police-alternative-for-mental-health-crises\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:50:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T22:50:42","slug":"san-jose-pushes-to-expand-police-alternative-for-mental-health-crises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/en\/san-jose-pushes-to-expand-police-alternative-for-mental-health-crises\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose pushes to expand police alternative for mental health crises"},"content":{"rendered":"
Weeks before the San Jose City Council sat down to discuss this year\u2019s budget, advocates and residents sounded the alarm about gaps in mental health services and asked officials to expand access to a non-police response program. Councilmembers on Tuesday unanimously voted to explore adding another mobile field team, known as TRUST, in the budget to help those in mental health or substance use crisis. Councilmembers asked the city manager to explore the cost. The idea is unique because TRUST is the only non-law-enforcement mobile crisis service available, but it\u2019s run by the county \u2014 raising questions about how the…<\/p>\n