Community Alternative Response Emergency Services (CARES) - WI

These teams are trained and equipped to respond to non-violent behavioral health emergency calls that do not require law enforcement. Their training curriculum included 40-hour crisis intervention training through the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), cultural competency training, de-escalation training, suicide prevention and risk assessment, trauma-informed care, and more, exceeding the standard in behavioral health training for paramedics.

At this time, the program is still in its early developmental stages. We hope to eventually make CARES available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.