Our community presence and outreach teams are in the community 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Connect
Our Connect Team is a dynamic group consisting of two essential components: the Connect Liaison Team and the Connect Community Safety Team.
Connect Community Liaison Team (CCLT)
Our Community CONNECT Liaisons serve as vital connections and bridges between the diverse individuals who make up downtown's vibrant community. Regardless of their backgrounds, perspectives, or needs, Liaison members are dedicated to assisting and engaging with our community members. Their primary focus is on providing support within businesses, events, and public-serving spaces.
Community CONNECT Safety Team (CCST)
The CCST members also play a crucial role in connecting downtown residents from all walks of life, backgrounds, perspectives, and needs. With a broader geographic scope, they are equipped to provide basic, low-risk voluntary transports in accordance with the DCSP's VOLUNTARY TRANSPORT Policy. Operating around the clock, CCST members collaborate closely with MAC247, serving both on foot and in vehicles.
Their responsibilities extend beyond transport services. CCST members engage in focused patrols, actively identifying and addressing safety-related concerns in the downtown community.
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COAR
Our Community Outreach Advocacy Resource (COAR) Team provides presence and outreach as well as follow-up intervention and assistance. They work with partner agencies in housing, addictions treatment, education, mental health support, and other resources that aim to provide longer-term assistance to better serve individuals and the whole downtown community.
Clean Slate
Our COAR team also oversees our Clean Slate program, a program that hires formerly at-risk community members and employs them within the community. Our Clean slate team now spends their days gaining valuable work experience helping keep their community clean.