Vallejo City Council funds IHART crisis response team for May and June

Vallejo City Council funds IHART crisis response team for May and June

The Vallejo City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved $310,000 to keep the city’s IHART civilian crisis response team operating in May and June and gave assurances that the program will be funded in the coming fiscal year. The $310,000 in May-June funding for the Integrated Health and Resource Team, or IHART, will come from the Opioid Litigation Fund. Monies for the fiscal year starting July 1 will likely come from Measure P and a Connect and…

Vallejo to fund mobile response team for two months, but program’s future remains uncertain

VALLEJO – The Vallejo City Council voted to fund the city’s mobile crisis response team IHART for two more months, preventing the program from shutting down in June one year after launching – although its long term future is not yet settled.The council voted unanimously Tuesday to use $310,000 from awards received in settlements of opioid lawsuits to keep the IHART program functioning through July. Noting the program’s successes in Vallejo, the …