Governor Kaine Announces Grants to Establish Crisis Intervention Teams
May 20, 2009 | Virginia News
Five grants to help localities create teams of law enforcement officer and mental health professionals
RICHMOND — Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced May 20 that the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), in conjunction with the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, has awarded grants totaling $200,000 to five local mental health agencies that will enable them to establish Crisis Intervention Teams (CITs). The teams will consist of specially-trained law enforcement officers and mental health treatment professionals who enhance law enforcement's response to situations involving persons with mental illness or disability.
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