Mayor Goodwin speaks at Congressional City Conference panel in Washington DC

WASHINGTON DC (LOOTPRESS) – Metropolis of Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin sat in on a public security panel on the Nationwide League of Cities’ Congressional Metropolis Convention in Washington, DC on Sunday to talk on the work of the Metropolis of Charleston’s CARE crew to handle numerous points akin to homelessness, substance abuse, and psychological well being.

The panel additionally featured management from states throughout the nation together with Arizona, Mississippi, and Maryland.

“Mayor Goodwin spoke to the success of the Metropolis’s CARE Crew and their work to handle substance use dysfunction, psychological well being, and homelessness; and highlighted the significance of partnerships with federal companies in investigating and fixing crimes – particularly noting the latest methamphetamine seizure, the biggest in West Virginia’s historical past – throughout a public security panel on the Nationwide League of Cities’ Congressional Metropolis Convention in Washington, DC.

Mayor Goodwin was invited to talk alongside Mayor Giles from Mesa, AZ; Mayor Lumumba from Jackson, MS; and Mayor Scott from Baltimore, MD.

‘It was an amazing honor to be invited by the Nationwide League of Cities to share perception – in the course of the public security panel alongside Mayors Giles, Lumumba, and Scott – on the institution of the CARE Crew to handle substance use dysfunction, psychological well being, and homelessness; and the work Charleston is doing to handle public security, particularly the partnerships now we have with federal companies,’ mentioned Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin.

Throughout the panel Mayor Goodwin spoke to the success of the CARE Crew’s work to handle substance use dysfunction, psychological well being, and homelessness; together with the significance of collaboration and constructing relationships.

In 2022, the Charleston, WV CARE Workplace

Related 339 people to some type of SUD therapy.

Responded to 380 psychological well being calls which result in 63 profitable referrals to psychological well being therapy.

Made roughly 25 connections each day with unsheltered people.

Reunified 212 people with their households or mates dwelling outdoors of Charleston.

Assisted with 95 pre-trial diversion alternatives for individuals with SUD or psychological sickness.

Mayor Goodwin additionally highlighted the vital function of federal partnerships in fixing crime – particularly noting the collective sources and collaboration that result in the biggest seizure of methamphetamine within the state’s historical past.

The Charleston, WV Police Division labored in coordination with the FBI, DEA, Homeland Safety, AFT, USPS, WVSP, Kanawha County Sheriff’s Workplace and different native regulation enforcement.

The seizure yielded over 200 kilos of methamphetamine, 28 kilos of cocaine, 20 kilos of fentanyl and numerous weapons and money – with greater than 50 folks going through federal or state drug costs.“