WYOMING — Operation 2 Save Lives (O2SL) and QRT National delivered a two-day Situation Training session to the City of Casper, Wyoming. The city will launch the Casper Situation Table – a model that facilitates multi-agency interventions for those at risk of experiencing a crisis – on May 21.
The training took place from April 24-25 at the Central Wyoming Counseling Center in Casper, and was delivered by Mike Botieri and Dan Meloy of O2SL & QRT National, and Ed Jacoubs LICSW. The training was funded by multiple partners in Wyoming, including Banner Health, Wyoming Medical Center,
Central Wyoming Counseling Center, Community Action Partnership of Natrona County, Health Care for the Homeless and Natrona Collective Health Trust.
Thirty-two participants attended the training, representing 19 agencies, including law enforcement, healthcare, interfaith, courts, probation, Fire/EMS, the Salvation Army, local government and more.
The training focused on equipping the attending agencies with the skills and lessons necessary to form a Situation Table. A Situation Table is a unique, risk-based rapid triage model that brings together multiple human service providers to address situations where individuals and/or families are facing a specific threshold of Acutely Elevated Risk. Situation Tables are comprised of representatives from public safety agencies, public health agencies, service providers and other community partners in participating communities.
O2SL and QRT National would like to extend a big thanks to Wyoming Counseling Center CEO Jim Cowser and Director of Community Engagement for Natrona Collective Health Trust, Kristy Oster for their efforts in scheduling and preparing for this training.
Through the model, an individual or family at Acutely Elevated Risk would be referred to the Situation Table for consideration of possible intervention before a crisis occurs. The Table participants will collaborate and discuss the identified risk factors and possible services. Upon reaching a consensus, the Table would identify a team of agencies to attempt to locate the individual or family and connect them to services.
The Casper Situation Table – in Wyoming – will launch on May 21. Situation Tables have also launched in Kentucky and several other states.
“The participants were very engaged during the two-day Situation Table training course and expressed a lot of excitement about implementing a Situation Table in Casper, Wyoming,” said Botieri. “We really enjoy giving these trainings and look forward to seeing how they are able to implement it in their community.”
The HUB Situation Table model was developed in Canada by Global Network for Community Safety (Global Network), a Canadian-based firm that focuses on innovations to improve community safety and wellbeing across Canada and in the U.S. Through the O2SL & QRT National – Global Network partnership, the organizations work cross-border to collectively provide multi-agency community responses to address issues of marginalization, for pre-crisis identification and crisis interventions, while creating pathways to care and support. Their combined expertise and suite of services – based on internationally recognized best past practices – help provide communities with tailored responses to meet their current needs, and the ability to rapidly adjust to an evolving landscape of risk factors including those around substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and related social health issues.
There are over 150 Situation Tables across Canada and the U.S.
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