We are tabulating your input and working to put the first elements of our Alternative Response Program in place. Look for an update this fall when we will unveil our new name!
CARES, SCORE, SAFE, or something else – what will it be? The City’s alternative response program needs a name, and you can help! Vote on your favorite option from a list of names or submit your own suggestion. The City wants the program and its name to be a reflection of our community and coming up with a name is yet another way for our residents to be involved in this effort.
Over the past four months, the City has held several outreach opportunities to gather community feedback on what residents would want to see in this program. Community members also had a chance to suggest names for the program. The most common names suggested included:
- CARES (Crisis Alternative Response for Escalation and Support)
- SCORE (Supportive and Caring Opportunities for Responding to Emergencies)
- SAFE (Serving All First Encounters)
- REACT (Raleigh’s Empathetic Action Coalition for Tomorrow)
The deadline for voting for one of these names, or to suggest your own name, was June 7. The form is now closed.
We’ll publish the program’s name soon!