#5 It’s All About Relationships: The Evolution of a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Program and Mobile Crisis in Coos County

The Center Collaborative: Creative Solutions in Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice

Ross Acker, Advanced Health CCO Director of Coordinated Care & a Licensed Professional Counselor; Megan Ridle, Coos Health and Wellness Brief Treatment Crisis Services Manager & a Licensed Professional Counselor; and Kelley Andrews, Retired Coos County Sheriff Office Captain discuss:

• Building relationships with partners from the ground up;
• The evolution of partnerships and programs within Coos County;
• The importance of CIT being about relationships and not just a training;
• Coos County’s work on starting a sobering center; and
• Discussion of cases that highlight the importance of behavioral health and law enforcement working together.

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For more information about CIT in Oregon, visit OCBHJI’s CIT webpage http://www.ocbhji.org/cit/. For more information about the partnership between OCBHJI and DPSST via the Crisis Intervention Teams Center of Excellence (CITCOE), visit http://www.ocbhji.org/cit/citcoe/.