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Columbus presenters outline CIT training, MCR teams and cross-agency partnerships
Summary
Lieutenant Mike Voorhis and ADAMH Director Carly Tennant described Columbus and Franklin County Crisis Intervention Team training, the co-responder mobile crisis response model, and plans to expand partnerships and data-driven evaluation.
Columbus police and county mental-health partners briefed the civilian board on Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training and mobile crisis response models, highlighting a combination of classroom instruction, field experience and community partnerships intended to reduce trauma and improve outcomes for people in crisis.
"CIT is a whole system response," Carly Tennant, director of clinical services at the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County (ADAMH), told the board. "Its not just a training; its a crisis system response that starts with dispatch, includes trained officers and mental health professionals, and relies on people with lived experience and advocates."
Lieutenant Mike Voorhis, who…
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