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Wire ID #0062 · Summary only
Public Safety · Developing
Updated 7 days agoTL;DR
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Social worker responding to crisis calls
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Program aims to divert individuals from arrest or hospitalization
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Grant-funded position with option for yearly renewal
The city's substance use coordinator reported on the jail diversion program, which aims to divert individuals from arrest or hospitalization by connecting them to services. A social worker is working full-time out of the police department to respond to mental health and substance use crisis calls.
Read more at the source Woburn Public Media Center