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	CIT Volusia & Flagler Counties
Is an effective police response program designed for first responders who handle crisis calls involving people with mental illness including those with co-occurring substance use disorders. CIT emphasizes a partnership between law enforcement, the mental health and substance abuse treatment system, mental health advocacy groups, and consumers of mental health services and their families. CIT began in Memphis in the late 1980's and has been widely adopted around the country. In Florida CIT has been adopted in several communities and it continues to grow.		Two LEO's from St. Lucie successfully work with an actively psychotic individual.... Testimonial
Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)	Stewart-Marchman-Act Behavioral Healthcare is one of the community partners making CIT possible, along with NAMI of Volusia/Flagler Counties, Volusia Sheriff County Office and Flagler Sheriff County Office. To date over 600 officers have been training representing over 20 county and municipal agencies.
Research over the years has shown that the Crisis Intervention Team training model created in Memphis Tennessee in 1988 has saved numerous lives and reduced officer related injuries significantly. Skills like listening, displaying empathy, and knowledge about mental illness are taught in this week long 40-hour specialized program.		Criminalization of the Mentally ill Video
CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM (C.I.T.) Promote Your Page Too	Local mental health professionals from Stewart Marchman Act Behavioral Healthcare, National Association for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), Volusia/Flagler Alliance for the Mentally Ill, family members and recipients of care, and attorneys expert in the mental health field teach these special classes. To create opportunities for officers to practice and perfect new skills, significant training time is spent on role playing real life situations or visiting with recipients of care. Officers learn about the nature of mental illness, the stigma and history of treatment, co-occurring disorders, the Baker Act, personality disorders, and become familiar with Volusia and Flagler Counties and national resources.
	The CIT program is a community-based effort bringing first responders and community together for the common goals of safety, understanding and service to people with mental illness and their families.
Information & Resources	Please read or listen to the Bureau of Justice Assistance newly released podcast called "The Importance of the Crisis Intervention Team" Transcript & Audio
Sini Summerlin, CIT Coordinator, Volusia and Flagler Counties Contact 1220 Willis Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 fsummerl@smabehavioral.org (386) 236-1809