Eugene after CAHOOTS: The end of the crisis response program, and the efforts to bring it back

Eugene after CAHOOTS: The end of the crisis response program, and the efforts to bring it back

This story includes discussions of suicide.If it weren’t for CAHOOTS, Rebecca Hill doesn’t know if she’d still be alive.Over a 15-year period, she said crisis workers helped her through five different emergencies.“In 2006, I was up on top of the famous parking garage that folks like to jump from,” said Hill. “And someone from the community saw me there, and they asked me if I needed help, and I said, ‘not unless you’re going to push me.’“Thankfu…