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Police Embrace Social Workers to Help Field Rising Calls Tied to Homelessness, Mental Illness

Source
North Carolina Health News
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Date
Nov 19, 2025
Summary
Describes a program embedding social workers in a rural North Carolina police department to address the increase in non-crime related calls to the police. Notes that similar programs have operated in urban areas. Discusses how successes have led to expanding the program, connecting people to services in under-resourced areas, and other alternative responder programs in the state.
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Access · Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Criminal justice system · North Carolina