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SOUTH BEND, Ind.--- What is the best way to respond to crisis? Organizations in St. Joseph County are trying to find that answer, ramping up services in recent years. A roughly $1 million grant from the "Mobile Crisis Accelerator Program" (MCAP) will allow one South Bend organization to expand its crisis response.

Oaklawn created South Bend's first 24-hour mobile crisis response team, meaning social workers go out into the community to respond to crises in real time. Now, ABC57 has learned that starting next summer, Imani Unidad will have another team available around the clock.

"The goal is to reduce, eliminate, police response to crises that can better be served by the commu

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