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

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Building relationships with partners from the ground up;</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The evolution of partnerships and programs within Coos County; </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of CIT being about relationships and not just a training; </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coos County’s work on starting a sobering center; and</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Discussion of cases that highlight the importance of behavioral health and law enforcement working together. </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more information about the intersection between criminal justice and behavioral health in Oregon, please reach out to us through our website at</span> <a href="http://www.ocbhji.org/podcast"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://www.ocbhji.org/podcast</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and Facebook page at</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OCBHJI/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.facebook.com/OCBHJI/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We’d love to hear from you.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more information about CIT in Oregon, visit OCBHJI’s CIT webpage</span> <a href= "http://www.ocbhji.org/cit/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://www.ocbhji.org/cit/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. For more information about the partnership between OCBHJI and DPSST via the Crisis Intervention Teams Center of Excellence (CITCOE), visit</span> <a href= "http://www.ocbhji.org/cit/citcoe/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://www.ocbhji.org/cit/citcoe/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;