The city of Eugene plans to work with the provider Ideal Option to run a year-long alternative response program for people in crisis, to help fill gaps left by the loss of CAHOOTS last spring.
The city Monday, April 6 announced it had selected Ideal Option for the pilot project over Willamette Valley Crisis Care, a nonprofit founded last year by former CAHOOTS employees after budget constraints forced it to stop serving Eugene in April 2025. CAHOOTS still operates in Springfield.
Eugene officials have set aside $500,000 to run the program for a year…