Community Crisis Response Teams – Webinar – 2023-06-13
The purpose of community-led crisis teams is to provide an alternative to police led response and shift crisis care to a community-based, client-centered, trauma-informed response centered on the mental health and well-being of the affected individual, their family, and their
Crisis Call Diversion in Police Communication Centres [2021-11-16]
Presenters will share their collaborative experience building the OPP Crisis Call Diversion (CCD) program. CCD began as a pilot program, and has not only continued, but expanded to other regions of the OPP. The program embeds mental health crisis workers
Crisis Response Teams in Ontario – Environmental Scan – Webinar – 2024-12-04
Building off the release of the 2023 Mobile Crisis Response Teams Framework and Toolkit, this webinar shares results from CMHA Ontario’s updated, point in time scan of crisis response teams completed in early 2024. The webinar features results from both
Crossroads in Mental Health Crisis and Law Enforcement – Webinar – 2020-01-23
Evolving social, economic and fiscal realities have created a strain in the treatment of mental illness. As a result of this strain, police services often become the first line of contact between a person in crisis and available resources. Police
Highlighting Crisis Response Services and Models Across Ontario – Keynote Panel [2023-11-15]
This panel will feature a snapshot of innovative and integrated crisis response services across Ontario, including both police and emerging community models as well as crisis hubs and support services for individuals experiencing a mental health and/or substance use related
HSJCC – Crossroads in Mental Health Crisis and Law Enforcement – 2019-11-04
Evolving social, economic and fiscal realities have created a strain in the treatment of mental illness. As a result of this strain, police services often become the first line of contact between a person in crisis and available resources. Police
Joint Mobile Crisis Response Pilot Project – Made in Thunder Bay – 2019-11-04
The Joint Mobile Crisis Response Pilot Project is an innovative partnership between Canadian Mental Health Association – Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay Police Service, and the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. Crisis workers partner with police to respond to mental
Mental Health Engagement and Response Team(MHEART) – Why Crisis Response should be Multi-Sectoral and Flexible – 2019-11-04
After years of program reorganization, and re-deployment of resources to meet the needs of individuals in mental health crisis; and coinciding with the creation of the Northumberland County Situation Table, the MHEART program was created. This workshop will share the
Mobile Crisis Intervention Team – Poster [2023-11]
Partnership program where mental health staff work with the local police departments in the area to attend to calls for service where a mental health concern is identified to attempt to prevent charges, or emergency room access and connect individuals
Mobile Crisis Intervention Team (MCIT) – Development and Evaluation of Toronto’s Co-Responding Police Mental Health Service Team – 2015-11-17
The Mobile Crisis Intervention Team (MCIT) is a co-responding police-mental health program. This presentation will share the process of coordinating MCIT’s across hospital, LHIN, and justice/healthcare boundaries. The results of a mixed-method outcome evaluation will be presented, focusing on clients’ experiences with
Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Team (Hamilton)
This presentation will focus on the development and outcomes of a new first responder model that pairs police officers and mental health crisis workers for 911 response in Hamilton, ON. A description of how the MCRRT evolved from a strong
Mobile Crisis Response Teams Framework and Toolkit Webinar – 03-08-2023
As emergency responders, police officers are often the first to arrive on the scene and interact with an individual who may be experiencing a mental health and/or substance use crisis. Over the past 20 years in Ontario, police services and
Mobile Crisis Response Teams in Ontario: A Provincial Framework and Toolkit – 2019-11-05
Over the past 20 years in Ontario, there has been ongoing development and implementation of collaborative crisis response teams that involve police and mental health and addictions service providers responding to front line crises. While great successes have been seen,
Mobile Integrated Team – Creating Capacity through Mobile Response – 2019-11-05
The Mobile Integrated Team (MIT) is a joint pilot project between Lutheran Community Care Centre, Community Living Thunder Bay and Options Northwest. They provide a flexible and responsive model of support to adults with developmental disabilities and other multi-sector, complex
Safe Beds: Caring in the Short-Term for People in Crisis [2021-11-16]
Justice safe bed programs offer short-term, community residential services for persons in crisis (PIC) who interact with police and/or mobile crisis teams and are unable to remain in their current living situation. Assistance is provided for both their immediate and
Specialized Crisis Team – Psychiatric Assistance at Police Incidents – 2016-11-16
The Waterloo Regional Police Service, Canadian Mental Health Association and the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) have been involved in a partnership since February of 2013 to deliver enhanced mental health crisis services directly to those in need. Police officers attending mental health
Strategies to Implement Effective Police-ED Protocols
Police officers, by virtue of their role as emergency responders, are often the first to arrive on the scene of a mental health crisis, and they often accompany individuals to the emergency room. Police officers and emergency department (ED) staff
Suicide Intervention in Indigenous Communities and Life Promotion [2023-11-16]
A discussion of the core concepts of life promotion and how it is taught in Feather Carriers trainings. “Life promotion” is an approach to suicidal ideation in contrast to “suicide prevention,” emphasizing developing personal meaning and connection to life. “Life
