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The Osage Nation announced its Crisis Assistance Program will now provide up to $2000 to tribe members in need.

The city council approved $56,000 worth in Community Development Block Grants.

View Comments The Community Assistance Program, a civilian-only program that responds to mental health and behavioral calls, is set for a $15 million expansion following the approval of Phoenix's 2021-22 fiscal budget last week.  The program, run under the fire department, has sparked criticism from community members who are calling for CAP to be removed and a different independent crisis response unit to be implemented instead.  CAP has been active for decades, and according to the city of Phoenix website, is "committed to providing the highest level of on-scene crisis intervention an...

Dallas County is spending more than $5 million on efforts to rethink policing after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

A handful of people gathered in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza near the Arizona Capitol in downtown Phoenix on Wednesday to call for police reform in the wake of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin being convicted of murdering George Floyd last year.  Janelle Wood, a local organizer and founder of Black Mothers Forum, said that she's glad Chauvin was convicted on all charges, but that is not enough. "What we had was a piece of justice, but it's not fully justice, it's accountability," Wood said. "But who was it that held him accountable? It was the community, the jurors, the cit...