Wednesday, April 30, 2025
4/30/2025
Madera County Mental Health Crisis Intervention Team and Training Program Development Project - The proposed MHAT grant project will fund the hiring of a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) and Outreach Law Enforcement Coordinator (CIT Coordinator) by the Madera County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) who will oversee the implementation of a Madera County crisis intervention team consisting of representatives from various local law enforcement, first responder, and public safety agencies as well as establish a formalized crisis intervention training (CIT) program based on the “Memphis Model of CIT” to be conducted by local service providers, including the Fresno-based chapter of NAMI, NAMI Fresno. The Madera County CIT would represent a self-initiated community partnership between local law enforcement agencies, county health services, mental health advocates, and mental health consumers and would involve the Madera County Sheriff’s Office, Corrections Department, Probation Department, District Attorney’s Office, Madera County Behavioral Health Services Department, the City of Madera and City of Chowchilla Police Departments as well as nonprofit service providers including NAMI Fresno and Camarena Health. It is expected to conduct the CIT training programs on at least a quarterly basis each year of the program, with each course containing 25 individuals and resulting in at least 100 unduplicated personnel being trained each year and over 500 individuals trained over the five-year period of the program. The population of focus that officers will be trained to respond to would broadly consist of those persons within the County that qualify for Med-Cal and homeless/unsheltered individuals who also have mental illness/emotional disturbance health issues. The primary goals of this CIT program development project would be to: 1) Hire or place a Sheriff’s Deputy to function as a CIT Coordinator to work with project partner agencies to develop a POST-approved CIT training program within Madera County. 2) Develop POST-approved CIT training program through coordination with project partner agencies. 3) Implement and maintain operations of the CIT training program through coordination with project partner agencies. 4) Improve Madera County law enforcement officer and mental health consumer safety while reducing injuries to officers and consumers during law enforcement contacts. 5) Redirect mental health consumers from the judicial system to the services and support needed to stabilize their condition and reduce future contacts with law enforcement. Principle objectives would include increasing the number of partnerships and stakeholder groups participating in the project; training at least 500 law enforcement personnel and command staff that have CIT training; increasing the number of mental health related calls responded to by CIT-trained officers; and increasing the number of consumers referred to appropriate services and treatments.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).