; (2) developing a local infrastructure of systems and resources needed to develop, implement, and sustain effective interventions to protect the mental and physical well-being of members of the community, prevent violence, de-escalate volatile situations, ensure access to human services, protect property and the environment, reduce law enforcement use of force, and ensure the health and safety of communities, while decreasing the sole reliance on law enforcement for emergency and non-emergency situations; (3) creating and strengthening formal and informal partnerships, for such purposes as providing solutions and committing resources to sustain and scale up successful models of community-based emergency and non-emergency response