Community Research Foundation, Inc. – Winning Contract For Psychiatric Emergency Response Team Services To California’s San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency, 2024

California's San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency awarded a $74,190,572 contract to Community Research Foundation, Inc. to provide Psychiatric Emergency Response Team (PERT) services. PERT contributes to the well-being of individuals experiencing a mental health crisis who have come in contact with law enforcement. PERT has been designed to improve collaboration between the behavioral health and law enforcement systems with the goal of more humane and effective handling of incidents involving law enforcement officers and individuals with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and/or substance use conditions . . .