partner with us

We are building safer communities through strong partnerships and local collaborations

Canopy Roots realizes our mission through strategic partnerships with governments, agencies, and other entities. Our partnerships are built on a mutual commitment to our values, goals, and methodologies for reimagining public safety beyond police and providing unarmed, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive crisis services.

Below are are few highlights of our partnerships:

City of Minneapolis - BCR service provider

Canopy is the contracted service provider of the Behavioral Crisis Response team - an unarmed mental health first responder of 911 calls - for the City of Minneapolis since August 2021. We work alongside these public safety partners:

  • Minneapolis Police Department (MPD)

  • Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD)

  • Hennepin County and North Memorial Health (EMS)

  • Minneapolis Park Police

  • M Health - Fairview Riverside

  • Hennepin County

    • Behavioral Health Center (1800 Chicago)

    • Medical Center (HCMC)

    • Community Outreach for Psychiatric Emergencies (COPE)

    • Security Division

Brooklyn Center (MN) - service provider (starting Q1-2025)

Canopy is a contracted service provider of the Alternative/Expanded Response Team (ART), an unarmed mental health first responder team for 911 calls, which is managed by the Office of Community Prevention, Health and Safety.

City of St. Paul (MN) - consultant

Canopy is a consultant for the Office of Neighborhood Safety at the City of St Paul to (1) support the redesign for 911 response protocols for specific call-types eligible for an unarmed and community-based response model and (2) provide culturally responsive and trauma-informed training for all ONS community responder teams, including: Project PEACE, CARES, COAST, and HART.

Pohlad Foundation - consultant (starting June 2024)

Canopy is a Technical Assistance provider of the Pohlad Foundation’s focus area to Reimage Public Safety to support the design and launch of unarmed first responder teams for a cohort of local Minnesota cities: Minneapolis, St Paul, Brooklyn Center, Golden Valley.

Golden Valley (MN) - consultant (VIA POHLAD)

Canopy is a technical assistance provider for the City of Golden Valley through their relationship with the Pohlad Foundation to support the readiness to launch an unarmed first responder team for 911 calls.

MNJRC - evaluation subject

Canopy has contracted with the Minnesota Justice Research Center to evaluate our operations of the Minneapolis Behavioral Crisis Response and support the growth and long-range planning of the team.

Partnership Highlight: Minneapolis, MN

Since the launch of the Minneapolis Behavioral Crisis Response unit in December 2021, Canopy Roots has: 

  • Responded to more than 20,000 calls via 911 with zero injuries to recipients or responders due to intentional and detailed protocols and policies.

  • Hired a predominantly Black, Indigenous, Brown workforce of highly trained mental health professionals and practitioners to mirror the community.

  • Become the 4th branch of public safety dispatched by 911 alongside Fire, EMS, and Police.

Partner with us

We know that the effects of trauma and mental health issues impact people of all ages nationwide. Getting support should not be complicated.  Instead, we believe behavioral crises should be treated like any other emergency with trained professionals dispatched via 911. 

We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with public and private partners who share our goal of building a safer community.

Does your community have these same goals? If so, let’s chat!

You can reach us by completing the form below or sending a message.