OhioMHAS Crisis Response Team Training

MISSION & GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The mission of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) is to provide statewide leadership of a high-quality mental health and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery system that is effective and valued by all Ohioans. OhioMHAS strives to be a national leader in implementing a comprehensive, accessible, and quality-focused system of addiction and mental health care and wellness for all Ohio citizens.   PURPOSE
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) is seeking proposals from qualified contractors to provide statewide regional National Organization for Victim Advocacy Community Crisis Response Team (NOVA CCRT) trainings to prepare Ohio regions to apply principles of crisis intervention to large groups of people under the premise of mediating the traumatic impact of the shared experience after a disaster occurs.  BACKGROUND
OhioMHAS,  through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) (P.L. 117-159)   made available by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), intends to use BSCA funding to enhance emergency preparedness and response to offset the traumatic experiences and lingering consequences of tragedies that may occur within Ohio communities, such as natural disasters, mass shootings, and other large-scale man-made and terrorist events. OhioMHAS wants to ensure that Ohioans and behavioral health providers have a coordinated, rapid response plan to be better prepared to immediately deploy essential  supports and resources in the aftermath of such tragedies.   SCOPE OF WORK AND DELIVERABLES
Contractor will provide trainers who will be responsible for up to 12, 3-day, in-person NOVA CCRT Trainings. The NOVA CCRT Trainings must offer techniques and protocols on the fundamentals of crisis and trauma including best practices for responders offering trauma-informed individual and group crisis intervention and emotional first aid in the aftermath of disaster or other mass casualty event.The Contractor will provide up to two (2), 3-day trainings per Ohio region. Trainings will be held at various locations in the six (6) OhioMHAS hospital regions, which will include Cuyahoga County, Stark County, Athens County, Montgomery County, Franklin County, and Lucas County. Contractor will work collaboratively with OhioMHAS to determine the logistics of each training including but not limited to dates, times, and locations of each training. The following training themes and objectives must be covered during each of the 3-day CRT Trainings: Orientation on Crisis Response Teams •Objectives: To initiate training and group cohesion and create expectations for training including group projects.Overview of Crisis Response •Objectives: To define trauma and describe how crisis response and intervention can contribute to coping with trauma.The Trauma Response Internal Factors •Objectives: To recognize the 3 stages of the physical and emotional crisis reaction, distinguish between normal brain function & traumatic brain function and understand how trauma affects brain function.The Trauma Response •Objectives: To sample a variety of dimensions surrounding a traumatic event and use these factors for considerations of diagramming a disaster.Crisis Intervention •Objectives: To identify, explain, and practice Safety & Security, Ventilation & Validation and Prediction & Preparation.Group Crisis Intervention •Objectives: To identify, explain and practice Safety & Security, Ventilation & Validation and Prediction & Preparation applied to a group.Death, Loss, and Grief •Objectives: Engage participants on the concept of death and loss and prepare participants to consider their own ‘stuff’ before becoming a responderDeath Notification •Objectives: To understand key concrete steps to conveying uniquely bad news like a death notification