Promoting CIT in Ohio: The Ohio Criminal Justice Coordinating Center of Excellence

(CJ CCoE)

Mark R. Munetz, M.D.Professor and Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation Endowed Chair of PsychiatryNortheastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy

What is a Coordinating Center of Excellence (CCoE)?

• Ohio Department of Mental Health: in a state with a de-centralized mental health system a method of providing “Excellent Resources to Learn and Grow”– CCoEs as Partners:

• Limited state resources• Capitalize on statewide expertise• Messenger can be as important as the message• Go where the energy is

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Role of CCoEs

• Assist local mental health systems to develop the capacity to identify and implement Best Practices

• Promote the utilization of procedures required to implement Best Practices

• Develop education and training materials• Utilize and share fidelity scales or other

measures to evaluate implementation • Promote cross system sharing

Tools for Transformation: A Guide to Ohio's Coordinating Centers of

Excellence and Networks• Integrated Dual Disorder

Treatment/SAMI CCoE • Supported Employment/SE

CCoE • Cluster-Based Planning

Alliance CCoE • Mental Illness/Mental

Retardation/Developmental Disabilities CCoE

• Criminal Justice CCoE• Center for Learning

Excellence (CLEX) CCoE • Center for Innovative

Practices (CIP) CCoE

• Wellness Management andRecovery CCoE

• Consolidated Culturalogical Assessment Tools (C-CAT) CCoE

• Adult Recovery Network (ARN) Mental Health

• Network for School Success• Assertive Community

Treatment (ACT)Coordinating Center

• Mental Health Housing Leadership Institute

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Criminal Justice Coordinating Center of Excellence (CJ/CCoE)

• In May 2001 the Summit County ADM Board was designated by ODMH to be a CCoE to help in the state-wide elaboration of Jail Diversion programs

• The Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) operates the Center

• We have many partners

Major CJ/CCoE partners

NAMI OhioJustice Evelyn Stratton

From White to Red: The Story of Buckeye County

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A situation occurs in

Buckeye County

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Bob callsNAMI Ohio

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The police arrested my brother, but what he really needed was to be taken to the hospital.

Betsy tells Bob about CIT and refers him to the CCOE website:

http://cjccoe.neoucom.edu

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What can I do to bring CIT to Buckeye County?

Bob sends luncheon invitations to:

County Sheriff Police Chief Judges CMH Board Director Local Providers Hospital Administrator County Commissioners

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A CIT Committee is formed.

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Buckeye County requests expert

technical assistance.

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The Committee makes the preparations for the training.

CJ/CCoE & NAMI Ohio helps.14

The training is held. Twenty-five peace officers graduate.

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CIT trained peace officers in Buckeye

County are now able to recognize when

someone is experiencing a mental

health crisis and act accordingly.

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Bob becomes the CIT Coordinator for

Buckeye County. He ensures that training programs are offered

regularly to peace officers throughout

the County.

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Hi Betsy, this is Bob, we’re having a CIT Training at the end of the month. Can NAMI Ohio supply the pins?

CIT officers are fed and nurtured.

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Buckeye County goes from white to red.

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Sustaining CIT in Ohio: http//cjccoe.neoucom.edu

Sustaining CIT in Ohio

Edited by Lt. Michael Woody (retired)

Sustaining CIT in Ohio

• CIT resource library• Annual book selection and dissemination• CIT champions all over the state

– CIT Coordinators group

• Annual CIT advanced training conference– NAMI Ohio meeting or free-standing (2010)

• Connection with CIT International

Sustaining CIT in Ohio: The Ohio CIT Coordinators Group

Sustaining CIT in Ohio

• Ohio CIT Coordinators Group– 139 members

• Open membership to all CIT coordinators

– Law enforcement, mental health and advocacy– Twice annual meeting co-sponsored by NAMI

Ohio and CJ CCoE– Email list

Work of the CIT Coordinators Group

• Developed Ohio CIT Core Elements of CIT consensus guidelines– 2004 NAMI Ohio convention– Urban and rural communities represented– Used as a resource in development of CIT I document

• Serves as support system for programs across the state– We freely learn and steal from each other

• Developed CIT Peer Assessment instrument (currently being piloted in 3 Ohio communities)

Status of CIT in Ohio