Tuesday, April 23, 2024
4/23/2024
The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) is requesting $536,200 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under solicitation FY2021 Mental Health Awareness Training Grants to support the Oklahoma Mental Health Training Expansion for Law Enforcement project. The project will provide three new avenues of mental health training for law enforcement including the development of a hybrid in-person/virtual Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) option, expansion of live training models including Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety (MHFA-PS), and an expansion of virtual mental health continuing education eLearning content. ODMHSAS will serve 100 officers in year one with a total of 900 officers served over the course of the project. The training methodology will ensure access to high quality mental health training for officers in frontier, rural, and urban locations throughout the state and will incorporate pre and post training surveys to identify attitudes and stigma associated with mental illness and addiction. Project goals include: Expanding access to CIT in Oklahoma by hiring a full-time trainer position, working with the statewide CIT training team to develop a sustainable hybrid training model, and developing and providing a CIT refresher course for previously trained officers. Enhancing access to mental health continued education to Oklahoma law enforcement through developing and providing two live courses per year (MHFA-PS pre-selected as one course) and developing two eLearning courses per year. Support the ongoing use of best practices in law enforcement education through the supporting the attendance of some members of the CIT training workgroup to the CIT international conferences and evaluating the training outcomes associated with the four key training concepts identified- Specificity, Individual Differences, Attitude Strengths, and Conformity/Obedience.
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).
