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How to pimp your program. Presented by Marie Onukiavage, Kristen Simpson and Joseph Kearney. Mayor ’ s Task Force on Law Enforcement and Mental Health. Co –chairs Deborah Doyle Belknap, J.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Social and Behavioral Sciences Division Keystone College
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How to pimp your program. • Presented by • Marie Onukiavage, Kristen Simpson • and Joseph Kearney
Mayor’s Task Force onLaw Enforcement and Mental Health • Co –chairs • Deborah Doyle Belknap, J.D., Ph.D. • Assistant Professor • Social and Behavioral Sciences Division • Keystone College • Raymond T. Hayes, M.S. • Instructor • Social and Behavioral Sciences Division • Keystone College
Committee Members • Lackawanna/Susquehanna Counties MH/MR Program • Keystone Community Resources • Community Representative • Chief of Police of Scranton Police • Scranton Counseling Center • Shiloh Baptist Church • Certified Peer Specialist/Mental Health Advocate • The Advocacy Alliance • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI PA) • Lackawanna County Human Services • Community Medical Center • Office of the District Attorney of Lackawanna County
Scranton C.I.T. Board of Directors • Robert Celuck Sgt Scranton Police -President • Joseph Kearney Ptlm Scranton Police -Vice President • Carl Mosier Advocacy Alliance - Treasurer • Marie Onukiavage NAMI - Secretary • Board members • Deborah Belknap PH.D Keystone College • Steve Carroll Ptlm Scranton Police • Joseph Dombroski Ptlm Scranton Police • Ray Hayes M.S. Keystone College (ret. PSP) • John Lewis ENP Lackawanna County 911 • Kristen Simpson M.S., C.P.R.P. Scranton Counseling
Barriers • Non-Believers • Small Departments • Suspicious/Competitive Specialties (SWAT, SERT) • Member Ability to Commit Time • Presenters- bad fit • Long Term Sustainability • Data collection difficult • Pros & Cons of Stakeholders being so many different organizations
Strategies for success, collaboration and buy-in • Board Creation- mutual respect • Law enforcement CIT coordinator • MH CIT coordinator • NAMI (Advocacy Community) CIT coordinator
Strategies for success, collaboration and buy-in • Community Collaboration emphasis • This is not a law enforcement problem, it is not a mental health problem, it is not a family member problem; it is a community problem. Everyone, the whole community, has the potential to be affected. It requires a community effort to join together on common goals. • Accountability to each other & community • Community partnerships more likely to endure
Strategies for success, collaboration and buy-in • Identifying Common Goals • Safety- law enforcement & consumer • Avoiding further & future escalation of crisis • Diversion to treatment • Identifying Community Resources
Strategies for success, collaboration and buy-in • County Coalition • Departments • Court System
Strategies for success, collaboration and buy-in • Outreach Efforts/Pimping Program: • Luncheon • CJAB • Community Presentations- U of S, CSP Retreat • Community Events- Walk, CV, Out of the Darkness Walk • Recognizing officer efforts: community feedback provided to departments, awards, anecdotal stories shared • Donations from community • Brochure
Strategies for success, collaboration and buy-in • Solicit & Respond to feedback: in classes, from officers in field • Patience- allowing the program to sell itself
Wrapping Up Any Questions?