What's wrong with No Wrong Door?
What's controversial about coordination?
City Council members spent hours today hearing from leaders of the many organizations involved in the No Wrong Door initiative aimed at treating those with the most frequent encounters with police, EMS and the homeless response system. (The presentation on NWD)
As it stands, NWD is about all of these different agencies (police, EMS, Integral Care, Central Health, homeless services) coordinating on what to do about a person who keeps showing up in jail or the ER. In general Council members are supportive of the initiative, which Mayor Kirk Watson and City Manager T.C. Broadnax are hoping will get political and financial support from the state legislature. However, there remain concerns from some about civil liberties.
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NWD is already in place and, according to the city, already having some success in reducing the number of "crisis" interactions between targeted individuals and first responders.
