Resources for Crisis Response Professionals
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A national program designed to increase the capacity of law enforcement agencies to effectively create or enhance Crisis Intervention Teams (CITs).
CIT ASSIST is powered by the National Center for Policing Innovation and funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). The foundation of CIT ASSIST is a Community of Practice (CoP) made up of the agencies that apply for and receive COPS Office funding to improve responses
to mental health crises.
No-Cost, On-Demand eLearning
Through the CIT ASSIST program, the National Center for Policing Innovation proudly offers a collection of web-based crisis response trainings and resources developed in partnership with the COPS Office and CIT International.
Access them today on the COPS Training Portal and on the COPS Training Portal Mobile app.
How to Get Involved
Do you want to benefit from the variety of learning and networking opportunities offered through CIT ASSIST? Visit the COPS Office Promoting Access to Crisis Teams program website to review options and keep informed about future funding to improve your community’s response to mental health crises.
For more information about CIT ASSIST, email the team at [email protected].
CIT ASSIST Partners
The National Center for Policing Innovation (NCPI) creates and administers a wide variety of robust programs and resources to help our partners achieve their public safety missions. From complete web-based training platforms to national messaging campaigns, and automated victim notification services to on-demand, multi-media eLearning content, our resources are designed to be simple to use and share. To fulfill its mission, NCPI partners with federal, state, local and tribal organizations to design and implement customized solutions to directly impact the unique public safety challenges facing their communities. Since its inception in 1997, NCPI has provided extensive work in developing instructional curricula for public safety organizations, incorporating evidence-based policing practices into community and law enforcement partnerships, facilitating community forums and collaborative processes, developing and administering web-based learning technologies, and more.
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation’s state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. Community policing begins with a commitment to building trust and mutual respect between police and communities. It is critical to public safety, ensuring that all stakeholders work together to address our nation’s crime challenges. When police and communities collaborate, they more effectively address underlying issues, change negative behavioral patterns, and allocate resources. The COPS Office awards grants to hire community policing professionals, develop and test innovative policing strategies, and provide training and technical assistance to community members, local government leaders, and all levels of law enforcement. Since 1994, the COPS Office has invested more than $14 billion to help advance community policing.
CIT International, Inc. is a member organization that aspires to be a leader in promoting safe and humane responses to those experiencing a mental health crisis. Its mission is to promote community collaboration using the CIT Program to assist people living with mental illness and/or addiction who are in crisis. Founded by those involved in the development of the CIT model in 1988, CIT International provides a variety of services such as: training and certification for CIT coordinators; a 40-hour curriculum and corresponding train-the-trainer programs; training for 911 call-takers; certification for CIT programs at the agency, regional and state/province levels; an annual conference and awards; research, reports, and implementation guidance; and more. As the preeminent authority on the CIT model, CIT International’s participation in this project is exceptionally important and unmatched as it relates to increasing the capacity of police agencies to effectively implement crisis intervention teams.
This project was supported, in whole or in part, by Cooperative Agreement Numbers 15JCOPS-21-GK-02306-SPPS, 15JCOPS-22-GK-04868-PPSE, and 15JCOPS-23-GK-03993-PPSE awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. The opinions contained herein are those of the author(s) or contributor(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. References to specific individuals, agencies, companies, products, or services should not be considered an endorsement by the author(s) or the U.S. Department of Justice. Rather, the references are illustrations to supplement discussion of the issues. Given that URLs and websites are in constant flux, neither the author(s) nor the COPS Office can vouch for their current validity.
