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Formation | 2020 |
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Headquarters | Toronto |
Co-founders |
Asante Haughton, Rachel Bromberg |
Website | https://reachouttoronto.ca/ |
Reach Out Response Network is a Toronto based organization that advocates for the City of Toronto to increase community-led responses to mental health emergencies.
Reach Out Response Network is a community-led Toronto-based organization that was founded by Rachel Bromberg and Asante Haughton in 2020. [1] [2] It was based on the Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets [3] program run by the Eugene Police Department [4] with a strong focus on advocacy work. [5]
In July 2020, co-founders Haughton and Bromberg published an op-ed in the Toronto Star promoting the organization. [6] This created an influx of volunteers and a connection to Mohamed Shuriye, the City of Toronto's new manager of policing reform. [6]
In 2020, they submitted a 92-page report of recommendations to the City of Toronto. [7]
Their 2021 publication Report on International Crisis Response Team Training documented alternatives to police response to mental-health-related emergencies. [8] Later in 2021, the group welcomed the City of Toronto's decision to pilot community-led responses to 911 calls about mental health crises. [9]
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Formation | 2020 |
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Headquarters | Toronto |
Co-founders |
Asante Haughton, Rachel Bromberg |
Website | https://reachouttoronto.ca/ |
Reach Out Response Network is a Toronto based organization that advocates for the City of Toronto to increase community-led responses to mental health emergencies.
Reach Out Response Network is a community-led Toronto-based organization that was founded by Rachel Bromberg and Asante Haughton in 2020. [1] [2] It was based on the Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets [3] program run by the Eugene Police Department [4] with a strong focus on advocacy work. [5]
In July 2020, co-founders Haughton and Bromberg published an op-ed in the Toronto Star promoting the organization. [6] This created an influx of volunteers and a connection to Mohamed Shuriye, the City of Toronto's new manager of policing reform. [6]
In 2020, they submitted a 92-page report of recommendations to the City of Toronto. [7]
Their 2021 publication Report on International Crisis Response Team Training documented alternatives to police response to mental-health-related emergencies. [8] Later in 2021, the group welcomed the City of Toronto's decision to pilot community-led responses to 911 calls about mental health crises. [9]