Community involvement takes on illegal dumping

According to a city report, in 2017, Richmond’s abatement staff collected more than three million pounds of illegally dumped debris from 13,430 locations. A pile of waste strewn around the entrance of the Lillie Mae Jones Trail is just one example of dozens of waste piles illegally dumped throughout the city of Richmond on a daily basis.

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Equipo para asistir deshabilitados mentales en Richmond

Profesionales del sector médico se han aliado con oficiales de la ley y organizaciones comunitarias para localizar y asistir los enfermos mentales. El nuevo equipo, llamado el Equipo Forense Multidisciplinario, trabajará para intervenir y proveer tratamiento y referir esos en nesecidad a servicios que incluye comida, vestimenta o alojamiento temporal, dijo Ericka Barrow, una analista…

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Team to assist mentally disabled in Richmond

Health-care professionals have partnered with law enforcement officers and community organizations to locate and assist the mentally ill. The newly formed joint team, called the Forensic Multidisciplinary Team, will work together to intervene and provide treatment and refer those in need to services that include food, clothing or temporary housing, said Erika Barrow, an administrative…

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