Diversion Outreach Team

Service provides:

• collaboration with concerned citizens, community businesses, and emergency services to address concerns regarding individuals who are intoxicated and require access to emergency shelter services or other appropriate housing options
• mitigation of problematic situations with both transportation and referral services as needed
• referrals to other community supports and works from a harm reduction approach for individuals accessing their services
• calls triaged according to need and to divert calls from emergency services (police, fire and EMS) to ensure the most at risk vulnerable are attended to first

• call

There may be a waiting period depending on volume of calls and assessed risk. Calls are triaged on a case-by-case basis.

Contact for details. 

• Addiction Supports - Addiction Intervention
• Crisis Resources - In-Person Crisis Intervention
• Food / Basic Needs - Transportation
• Homelessness - Street Outreach Programs