Mental health response teams now have night time hours, city officials say
Chicago is expanding its Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement (CARE) program to include evening hours. Starting next week, the program will operate from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays to assist individuals in mental health crises.
Chicago will double its efforts to assist people experiencing mental health crises, expanding its citywide response program beginning next week.Starting Monday, the Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement (CARE) program will extend its hours of operation to 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and add a second shift of evening staff.“This program ensures that we no longer criminalize and traumatize individuals in crisis, but instead we offer them pathways to heal,” Mayor Brandon Johnson…
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