Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program is based on the “Memphis Model,” an innovative program designed to effectively assist individuals in their communities who are in crisis due to behavioral health or developmental disorders. Often CIT is mistaken as law enforcement training, but in reality, it is so much more. CIT relies heavily on strong community partnerships and a vibrant crisis system that understands and responds to the role and needs of law enforcement. CIT program has existed for more than 25 years, and has been in Wood County for 12 years. It can be viewed as a “Five-Legged Stool,” as a stool cannot function at all with only one leg (or one element of CIT), and needs all five legs to be strong, functional, and enduring.
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March 18th - 24th is National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. Click the link below for resources.
namiwoodcounty.org/resources/
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Being a positive role model for young people is easier than you might think, and so important. Find out how.
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Join us for Family-to-Family! Click the link below to sign up and learn more about the course:
namiwoodcounty.org/family-family/
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This month is National Criminal Justice Month, and at NAMI Wood County, we want to take a moment and highlight the great work being done in our community for first responders, individuals living with mental health conditions and their loved ones as well as advocates in our community. At NAMI, we know the challenges people face before, during and after their involvement in the criminal justice system. Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Program in Wood County provides training and education to law enforcement officers to assist them in more effectively managing crisis events in the community when they, as first responders, encounter individuals who are experiencing behavioral health crises due to mental illness…along with the information necessary to guide officers in re-directing these individuals away from the criminal justice system and into emergency behavioral health facilities (CIT International, Inc.). Join us this month, as we share information about CIT in Wood County, and how it is more than just training.
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A great opportunity to express your creative side AND support people who live with mental illness!Submissions for our first-ever behavioral health art show are NOW OPEN! We are seeking individuals living with mental illness and/or substance use disorder who are interested in providing physical artwork, poetry, or prose, or would like to be a live musician during our art show on May 24, 2024!
Does this sound like you? Visit wcadamh.org/events to submit a request today! Be sure to read the form carefully as there are important acknowledgements and requirements included within!
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