COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Capital University has introduced a program in response to a nationwide shortage of social workers, as government and education institutions across the country work to address ...

SPROUT, a new Supportive Resources and Outreach Team proposed for Ann Arbor, could start handling some 911 calls in the city.

Mayor-elect Zohram Mamdani wants to deploy social workers instead of police officers to respond to 911 calls — but the controversial plan has already been operating in the Big Apple and is failing.

A program that pairs social workers with Pittsburgh police to intervene in certain incidents has been full of stops and starts. Now faced with limited resources, the program is changing again. The ...