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Maine considers restoring mental health crisis response system to divert people from jails

AUGUSTA, Maine — A group of Maine lawmakers, law enforcement officials and advocates have coalesced around a proposal to restore Maine’s mental health crisis response system instead of new brick-and-mortar facilities while some say structural change is needed. A bill from Rep. Charlotte Warren, D-Hallowell, originally proposed developing four new brick-and-mortar crisis intervention centers in Maine, similar to a facility the state is looking to build in Cumberland County.

 

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