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- News for Orange County’s CARE Program
- Durham Candidate Questionnaires
- Pride Proclamation Controversy in Wake Forest
- Plans for ICE Detention in Eastern NC
- West Point on the Eno Is Open!
Good morning, readers.
Last month, we brought you a story from freelancer Claire Murphy about Chapel Hill’s Crisis Assistance, Response, and Engagement team (CARE), which dispatches mental health specialists to respond to incidents without police.
In its first year, Claire wrote, CARE has been considered a success “responding to almost 1,300 events and significantly reducing the number of arrests and forced hospitalizations that would have occurred with traditional police response.”
City leaders said at the time they hoped to expand CARE’s hours of operation and geographic reach to neighboring Carrboro, but were concerned about future funding given federal cutbacks to mental health care.
Earlier this week, Orange County announced it had not only secured ongoing funding, but expanded into Carrboro, and had plans to add a second mobile unit, allowing for more operating hours.
Read more about the CARE program and its unique peer support model below.
—Sarah W.
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ELECTIONS
Read All About ‘Em
Early voting for Durham’s municipal primary starts next week. We sent questionnaires to the candidates running for mayor and city council—check out their responses before you head to the polls.
ICYMI
Over the Rainbow
LGBTQ residents of Wake Forest thought they had support from town officials earlier this month when the mayor announced a Pride Month proclamation. INDY’s Jane Porter reports she then walked it back.
STATE
ICE Age
Rivers Correctional Institution in Winton closed in 2021. Now, its owners are in talks about reopening it to hold more than 1,000 immigrants awaiting deportation, Down from D.C. and The Assembly report.
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STATE: In the wake of a fatal stabbing in Charlotte, Republicans in the General Assembly are proposing changes to the criminal justice system, including reviving use of the death penalty and preventing task forces on criminal justice reform, WUNC reports.
EDUCATION: New data shows Durham Public Schools’ graduation rates have fallen from previous years, The 9th Street Journal reports, but schools are improving on other measures.
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- West Point on the Eno has re-opened post-Chantal, though river access remains closed. There’s an event Saturday featuring history tours and a fundraiser for the Durham Parks Foundation.
- People on Reddit are talking about where to get the best Nepali food in the Triangle.
- And in Wake County they’re looking for “notably scary” haunted houses.
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