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The city of Montreal has come to terms with an organization that will run its mobile intervention program in the four northeast boroughs.
In its weekly executive committee meeting Wednesday, the Plante administration approved an agreement with Coalition Pozé, a non-profit group dedicated to combating armed violence.
Coalition Pozé will run Équipe mobile de médiation en intervention sociale (ÉMMIS) in four boroughs: Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles, Anjou, Montreal North and St-Léonard, starting at the beginning of next year.
Earlier this summer, the city also announced the expansion of ÉMMIS to Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Villeray—St-Michel—Parc-Extension, Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, Outremont, Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, St-Laurent, Pierrefonds—Roxboro and Île-Bizard—Ste-Geneviève, in an agreement with the group Équijustice.
As a result of the agreements, all 19 of the city’s boroughs will have ÉMMIS service by next year — at a cost of $50 million between 2025 and 2028, split evenly between the city and province.
Starting in January, workers at ÉMMIS will be reachable by calling the city’s 211 hotline.
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