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 covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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