Memphis CIT Program
What does CIT stand for?
Crisis Intervention Team
National Alliance on Mental Illness estimates that there are how many Americans who experience mental illness in a given year?
61.5 million
What is homelessness?
A condition of people who lack regular legal access to adequate housing
Chronically homeless are usually?
Heavy users of Municipal Services
The local police department partnered with a _____ ______ ______ _______ to create a safer approach to handling mental crisis events.
Local mental illness alliance
What is the definition of mental illness
A medical condition that disrupts a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily
What is the estimated amount of people experiencing Homelessness?
643,000
Therefore ____ to homelessness involve police working with mental health ____
solutions, experts
After what incident was the Memphis CTI program created?
After an incident with an emotionally disturbed man and the police
Has the CIT program raised or lowered arrests towards the mentally ill?
Lowered
Those who hang onto remnants of their housed lives, often end up living in ____ _____.
their vehicles
Police are accompanied by ______ ______
trained clinicians
What does this program offer?
Specialized training to officers who deal with the emotionally disturbed and links police with mental health professional services
National Alliance on Mental Illness, also known as ____
NAMI
What does research indicate about Homelessness?
That most people are homelessness because they can't find affordable housing
What program follows up on arrests for public drunkenness?
A chronic substance abuser program
CIT training includes the following:
Emphasizes mental health-related topics, crisis resolution skills, de-escalation training, and access to community-based
This gives those who suffer from mental illness a sense of _______
Dignity
What's the difference between the Homeless and the temporarily homeless?
Homelessness is a condition people who lack regular legal access to adequate housing.
Temporarily are those who hang onto remnants of their housed lives.
What was increased for chronic substance users?
Use of civil commitments