San Antonio joins in planning for jail diversion center

San Antonio is helping advance a plan for a diversion center that could allow people with mental illness or disabilities to avoid going to jail for low-level misdemeanors and get treatment instead. The Center for Health Care Services (CHCS) plans to commission a study to confirm the feasibility of such a center and develop a plan. After a Tuesday discussion, the city council’s Public Safety Committee unanimously supported staff’s recommendation to partner with the center on its study.