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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/18/2025 2:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Public Safety & Criminal Justice and Public Health, Homelessness, & Recovery Joint Committee Hearing on Dockets #1346, 1661, & 1662
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2025-1346 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Nine Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($262,809.86) in the form of a grant, for the FY26 DMH CIT TTAC Grant, awarded by the MA Department of Mental Health to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund the implementation of 4-hour Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training for officers under the umbrella of BPD Street Outreach Unit.   Not available Not available
2025-1661 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00) in the form of a grant for the DMH FY26 Co-Response Grant, awarded by the MA Department of Mental Health to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund one full-time recovery coach through BEST.   Not available Not available
2025-1662 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionMessage and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) in the form of a grant for the FY26 DMH Training Grant, awarded by the MA Department of Mental Health to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund overtime costs to backfill the Crisis Intervention Team training and other mental health training for officers.   Not available Not available