CIT
Partners Meetings
- Board of Directors Meeting Sept 30, 2009 (read more)
Upcoming Events
- State Mental Health Planning Council Jul 16 - 17, 2009 (read more)
- CJMHSA Reinvestment Grant Conference Jul 23 - 24, 2009 (read more)
- FADAA Annual Conference Aug 12, 2009 (read more)
- FL Council for Community Mental Health Annual Conference Sept 2, 2009 (read more)
- South Florida Rally for Recovery Sept 12, 2009 (read more)
Partners in Crisis is supported in part by grants from the JEHT and Florida Bar Foundations 
Florida CIT Coalition
The Florida CIT Coalition is comprised of representatives of communities across Florida that are currently providing CIT training based on the Memphis Model. This group came together in March 2004 to share their experiences and to create a vision for statewide implementation of CIT. The Florida Coalition determined it was important to ensure that the integrity of the Memphis Model was maintained and therefore created the Florida CIT Model based on the core principles of the Memphis Model.
Members of the Florida CIT Coalition include representatives of mental health provider agencies, law enforcement agencies and advocacy organizations. Included are the Florida Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health America. Other members represent the Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida, Florida International University, the Department of Children and Families, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida Council for Behavioral Healthcare and the Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association.
The mission of the Florida CIT Coalition is to promote
the Florida CIT Model for adoption in all Florida
Communities and to foster excellence using the core key elements
The goals of the Florida CIT Coalition are:
- Promote CIT to other communities for implementation
- To provide technical assistance to other communities for CIT expansion
- To promote and provide regional training for CIT trained officers/deputies
- To ensure sustainability of CIT in Florida
- To gather useful data around the efficacy of the CIT program
The Florida CIT Coalition meets quarterly to work on expansion of the CIT model, share experiences, network and develop strategies for improving their programs and ensuring sustainability of CIT in Florida. To join the Florida CIT Coalition contact:
