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Co-Response Featured in a Podcast
On July 8, 2020, our Program Director Dr. Sarah Abbott, our Watertown Co-Response Clinician Melissa Duarte, and member of our Board of Directors Chief Craig Davis had the opportunity to speak about the Advocates Co-Response Model with Ryan Bloxham in his podcast Political Intercourse.
Westborough Police Highlight Advocates Co-Response Clinician Christina Fitton, LCSW
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Jail Diversion Program (JDP) Clinician, I’d like you to meet Christina Fitton, LCSW (Licensed Certifi
Black Lives Matter
Systemic racism has existed in the U.S. for 400 years, resulting in Black people being targeted and marginalized simply because they are Black. Recent events have amplified this injustice and inspired us to renew our commitment to racial justice. We stand in solidarity with the Black community.
Franklin Police Respond to President's Order on Police Reform
The Franklin Police Department is already actively engaged in this process on many levels. For mental health calls for service and follow up we already have in place our Jail Diversion Program.
Amid calls for police reform, better training needed to handle mental health emergencies: Experts
Dr. Jennifer Skeem, a professor of psychology at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, who has researched police mental health reforms, agreed and said this stems from the general stigma against mental illness in the country.
