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OFFICER KURT GAWRISCH CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AMY WATSON, PHD UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO Responding When Resources Contract: The Chicago Crisis Intervention Team Collaboration

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OFFICER KURT GAWRISCHCHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT

AMY WATSON, PHDUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

Responding When Resources Contract:

The Chicago Crisis Intervention Team Collaboration

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Overview

CIT in Chicago-History and modelFindings to date

Advanced CIT CIT-Youth CIT-Veterans

Contracting ResourcesThe Chicago Crisis Intervention Collaboration

Identifying and addressing system gaps Ongoing expansion of CIT capacity

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CIT in Chicago

Training developed in collaboration with community providers & advocates & stakeholders

Began in 2 pilot districts in 2004- 30-40 officers/supervisors per district

Citywide (all 22 districts) implementation began 2006

To date, 1700 officers trained in basic CIT (~1,000 in districts currently)

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Involving people in recovery in the training process: Collaboration with the Thresholds Theatre Arts Program&

NAMI-GC

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Findings to Date

Testing a systems level intervention to improve police response to persons with mental illness: CIT in Chicago

2008 NIMH funded Study of CIT in 4 Chicago police districts

CIT trained officers directed 18% more call subjects to MH services than non CIT peers

Linkage more likely in districts with more MH services CIT officers used less force at higher levels of resistance

Current study examining CIT and MH service access in all 22 districts

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Advanced CIT-Youth

In 2009, CPD and NAMI-GC collaborated to develop an advanced training course addressing mental illness among the youth population

In 2010, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) provided NAMI-GC with funding to implement the Crisis Intervention Team for Youth (CIT-Y) program within the Chicago Police Department (CPD). This was the FIRST CIT-Y program in the country

CIT-Y training goals Advance officer knowledge of youth mental illness. Decrease the likelihood that violent interactions will occur when law enforcement

officers respond to crises involving youth with mental illnesses. Reduce the number of mentally ill youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

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Advanced CIT-Youth (CIT-Y)

Evaluation ongoing by ICJIA (R.Skorek)

Focus Groups and Surveys suggest-

Overall, participants were very satisfied with the CIT-Y training content and delivery.

Officers reported applying CIT-Y techniques in their work, particularly within schools and housing developments

Barriers to practicing CIT-Y identified

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CIT-Y Case Management Program

Partnerships between NAMI-GC and local Social Work and Psychology programs

Outreach to youth and families referred by CIT-Y officers

Linkage and case management

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Advanced CIT Veterans

In 2009, CPD collaborated with the Veteran’s Reintegration Initiative (VRI) in Illinois to develop an advance training addressing Veteran’s issues. Illinois Department of Human Services Illinois Department of Corrections Cook County and Rock Island County Mental Health Courts and Probation Community Mental Health Providers Veteran’s Administration

Funded by grant awarded by the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) to the Illinois Department of Human Services which funded VRI.

Training Emphasis Street level diversions Recognition of signs and symptoms of disorders common to veterans Information and transportation to mental health resources

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Contracting Resources

Ongoing cuts to mental health service budgets-transition to fee for service billing and cuts to funds for persons not receiving Medicaid or other coverage

Closure of 6 o12 City of Chicago Mental Health clinics in 2011

Closure of Community Mental Health Council clinics serving the south side of the city

Growing need

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Chicago drop off sites and MH providers

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The Chicago Crisis Intervention Collaboration: CCIC

Initial Collaboration on BJA expansion grant

Expands and re-invigorates cross system partnerships and problem solving

Identification of gaps-effective linkage to services following CIT encounter

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CCIC Pilot linkage project

Pilot two police districts; 19 and 24 Expand collaboration with Thresholds and IL Masonic

Medical Center Emergency Room 3 of 4 police referrals (voluntary/involuntary) are not admitted to the inpatient

psychiatric unit and release without linkage to treatment

Thresholds will provide direct service or will make referrals, regardless of the ability to pay

Designate a 24 hour Hotline number used by Illinois Masonic ER / CPD and voluntary consent form

Create Intake & Assessment Specialist (LCSW) responsible for linkage to community resources

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Discussion & Questions

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Thank you

For more information-Officer Kurt Gawrisch

Chicago Police Department312-745-5745

[email protected]

Amy C Watson, PhDUniversity of Illinois at Chicago312 [email protected]