Nichols Center is expanding our Community Collaborative for Crisis Response and through our established model of building a community-based network of care we provide lasting support for families through prevention, intervention, and recovery tools.

Utilizing innovative technology and strategic approaches to combat the current crisis of suicide, substance use, mental illness and the opioid epidemic. Our goal is to expand our efforts in increasing the Crisis Response Collaborative through CIT trainings, Mental Health First Aid, and Suicide Intervention Training to Georgia communities.

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Program Deliverables:

• Strategies for increasing educational trainings for Opioid epidemic, Suicide prevention, substance use disorder, and mental illness

• Provide interactive evaluation tools to increase awareness of crisis response efforts

• Demonstrate the utilization of technology to increase community engagement

• Launch educational summit and awards gala

• Monthly Collaborative Strategic C3R Workgroup

• Focus groups and evaluation tools for stakeholders and community partners

• Quarterly trainings for law enforcement, first responders, and other essential workforce personnel

• Drug Disposal planning & Opioid Crisis Response

• Community engagement road map & planning

• Tools and materials for increasing Crisis Response Awareness

• Crisis Response Gap assessment