The City of Cleveland Has Been Slow to Utilize the Crisis Diversion Center

Cleveland officials have been slow to take advantage of the mental health and addiction crisis center aimed at reducing the number of non-violent offenders in the county jail, and the city’s prosecutor is pushing for a policy that critics argue could derail the multi-million dollar project. GCC worked hard to get this program implemented. Here’s what’s happening and what GCC Strategy Team member Rev. Dr. Lisa Goods and others have to say about it in this Cleveland.com article: