Dallas Fire-Rescue and the Dallas Police Department soon could change the way they respond to calls with behavioral health emergencies.
The departments have been working with Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas to improve the way they respond to such calls — and with recent funding that plan can be put into action.
A three-year, $1.5 million grant from the W. W. Caruth Jr. Communities Foundation of Texas will help DFR and DPD deploy teams including specially-trained police officers, paramedics, and mental health experts in cases of behavioral health emergencies, according to a city release.
A pilot program, expected to begin in 2017, will test out the new method.
Delivering what’s new and next in Dallas-Fort Worth innovation, every day. Get the Dallas Innovates e-newsletter.
R E A D N E X T
-
Five local winners received up to $200,000 in funding to activate their solutions throughout North Texas.
-
The hybrid event in August will take place in person at SMU and virtually. The seventh annual Dallas Startup Week powered by Capital One is Dallas-Fort Worth's largest event focused on driving entrepreneurial success, economic impact, and innovation in the region.
-
You'll find deadlines coming up for a new accelerator program; and many more opportunities.
-
Two nonprofits will each receive $250,000 in grant funding. The Capital One grants are part of a $3.5 million commitment to 12 nonprofit organizations.
![Manufacturing Institute President Carolyn Lee delivers the annual State of the Manufacturing Workforce Address at NTT DATA's North American headquarters in Plano on Feb. 25, 2026. [Screenshot/NAM YouTube]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Carolyn-Lee.png)
