View our sample 40-hour curriculum which will walk you through the important components of Memphis Model CIT training.

NAMI Indiana's recommended curriculum for a CIT Class - Are you planning a CIT training in your community? Reach out to NAMI Indiana for technical assistance, support, and mini-grants. This important legislation established the creation of a state CIT Technical Assistance Center which is operated by NAMI Indiana with the support of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction and the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board. This bill was updated by 2017's Senate Enrolled Act 231. For assistance with CIT in your community, please contact NAMI Indiana's Criminal Justice Director, Marianne Halbert.

NAMI Indiana gladly works with those interested in building or strengthening CIT in their communities. The goal is to have a safe resolution of crisis situations involving individuals living with mental illness, and to divert these individuals away from the criminal justice system and into treatment where recovery can begin. Over the course of one week, this 40 hour training teaches participants about various types of mental illnesses, as well as active listening and de-escalation of crisis situations, and what mental health resources are available in the community. While this training was originally developed for law enforcement, it has been expanded to include dispatch, EMTs, and other first responders and criminal justice professionals. CIT is much for than training and involves system mapping, improving policies and procedures, data collection, training and more. Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programs now exist in many communities across the United States. He partnered with members of NAMI, local universities, and local mental health providers to develop training for law enforcement. The first Crisis Intervention Team was developed in Memphis Tennessee in 1988 under the leadership of Lt.

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