# Alternative Mobile Services Association Newsletter Subscribe to Alternative Mobile Services Association Newsletter, written for members and partners of the Alternative Mobile Services Association. Page: Feed: --- ## [Advocates say Honolulu's CORE is offtrack](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/advocates-say-honolulus-core-is-offtrack) _2026-08-18_ Plus - updates from NYC, Baltimore, Anchorage, Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, Maine & Oregon ## [AOT, SI in call takers, family experience, & CCBHC - all evaluated](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/aot-si-in-call-takers-family-experience) _2026-08-11_ Plus - recordings of the 2026 AMSA virtual conference on peers in the workforce ## [Ithaca Sets New ROOTS](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/ithaca-sets-new-roots) _2026-08-04_ Plus - Skokie hooks up 911/988, Fed $$ for CIRCLES in LA, and what's the Austin City Council doing? ## [Chestnut picks up big contract for Southern Illinois](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/chestnut-picks-up-big-contract-for) _2026-07-28_ Plus - discount code for CrisisCon for AMSA members ## [The Promise and Peril of Crisis Response](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/the-promise-and-peril-of-crisis-response) _2026-07-21_ Plus - headlines from Maryland, Kansas, and Massachusetts ## [Caring for the Criminalized](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/caring-for-the-criminalized) _2026-07-14_ Plus - mobile program cut in Berkeley, Massey work to continue, huzzah for Evanston CARE ## [Mapping Alternative Response](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/mapping-alternative-response) _2026-07-07_ Plus - research & commentary from The Hill, Steinberg Institute, RTI, BHL Link, Ohio State, & NYU Silver School ## [$1 Billion In Grants Offered By The US DOJ](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/1-billion-in-grants-offered-by-the) _2026-06-30_ With strings attached to help deport your friends, family, and neighbors. ## [A Plan for Alternative Response in DC from CICS](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/a-plan-for-alternative-response-in) _2026-06-23_ Plus - Selina Popovich Evans LCSW from Benchmark Human Services’ in including I/DD in mobile services. ## [New SAMHSA state NOFO, and a metrics toolkit from Harvard GPL](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/new-samhsa-state-nofo-and-a-metrics) _2026-06-16_ Plus - meet Dr. Liza Chowdhury of Reimagine Justice and Paterson Healing Collective ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0lgxKoIW4TaT) _2026-06-16 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [Sacramento: 37% of EMS calls were non-emergencies](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/sacramento-37-of-ems-calls-were-non) _2026-06-09_ Plus headlines from Atlanta, New York City, Chicago, Salem, Birmingham and Hagåtña. ## [IT HAPPENED IN CHICAGO](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/it-happened-in-chicago) _2026-06-08_ 400+ mobile crisis practitioners, alternative responders, policy wonks, funders, vendors, and researchers mixed it up for two days. ## [Ten New States Start CBHCC Demo Program](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/ten-new-states-start-cbhcc-demo-program) _2026-06-02_ See you in Chicago friends. ## [News from Minnesota, Greensboro, Peoria, Austin, Sacramento](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/news-from-minnesota-greensboro-peoria) _2026-05-26_ AND - upcoming events in Cambridge & Chicago ## [Register to watch BEYOND THE CALL on May 28](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/register-to-watch-beyond-the-call) _2026-05-19_ Plus headlines from Sacramento, Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Santa Fe, Durham, St Louis, Atlanta, Hartford, ## [New Research from N. Carolina](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/new-research-from-n-carolina) _2026-05-12_ Plus Dr. Ayesha arrives to the rescue, & AMSA Talks with Christi Sherrill of Oklahoma's Mindful First Responders Program ## [We Ask Police To Do Too Much. There’s A Better Way](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/we-ask-police-to-do-too-much-theres) _2026-05-08 · AMSA_ Author Mariela Ruiz-Angel is Director of Alternative Response Initiatives at Georgetown University’s Center for Innovations in Community Safety. ## [One In Four Californians Have Heard Of 988](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/one-in-four-californians-have-heard) _2026-05-05_ Plus highlights from Columbus, Urbana, Atlanta, New York City ## [Budget Meltdown in California Hurts Mobile Crisis](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/april-28) _2026-04-28_ Plus new headlines. research, commentary, and legislative endorsement ## [Call Volume & Call Processing: Albuquerque 911 analysis](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/call-volume-and-call-processing-albuquerque) _2026-04-21_ Welcome new AMSA members Benchmark Human Services, American Association of Suicidology, and Bay Area Community Services ## [Hire AI-Powered Freelancers Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fuprgJiBSMHf) _2026-04-21 · **Sponsored**_ Browse and hire skilled professionals using AI tools — free to post, free to apply. ## [Register for Empowered Leadership Coaching Program](https://amsaus.substack.com/p/register-for-empowered-leadership) _2026-04-14_ Plus new headlines. research, commentary, and legislative endorsement for Minnesota