24-hour mental health crisis program planned for Binghampton
Laurie Powell, CEO of Alliance Healthcare Services, said the new program could “allow law enforcement to divert mental health needs away from jails and emergency rooms.” (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
The nonprofit provider was awarded a four-year federal grant that will be used to develop a new crisis outpatient program.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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