GLOUCESTER – Operation 2 Save Lives (O2SL) & QRT National continued its training in Gloucester recently, delivering Trauma-Informed Response Training to personnel from the Gloucester Housing Authority, Health Department and Fire Department personnel.
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Gloucester Health Department Provides Training for Gloucester Schools and Police on Recognizing and Responding to Trauma
GLOUCESTER – The City of Gloucester and Health Director Max Schenk are pleased to share that staff from Gloucester Public Schools and the Gloucester Police Department participated in training to help them recognize and respond to trauma in ways consistent with the city’s efforts to support the mental health of all. On Monday, March 28 and Tuesday, March 29, training was provided to 53 officers of the Gloucester Police Department, and on Tuesday, March 29 training was provided to over 100 Gloucester Public Schools staff members, including the faculty of Gloucester High School and district-wide clinical staff members. The training is part of an ongoing effort to support mental health in a trauma-sensitive way for members of the community affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, for those facing economic and social hardships, and for those with a history of personal trauma. Funding for the training was provided by the Substance Abuse
O2SL & QRT National’s first Intern Featured in Curry College Newsletter
LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERNSHIP EXPOSES KRYSTAL KIZITO ’22 TO INNOVATIVE AND GROWING FIELD Curry College Newsletter Article Link April 07, 2022-Article Courtesy of Curry College Newsletter TOPICS: Academics | Student Success Criminal Justice major Krystal Kizito ‘22 is getting real-world experience in an emerging field of law enforcement focused on collaborative community-based solutions. She is the first intern for the organization Operation 2 Save Lives (O2SL) & QRT National, which was co-founded by Scott Allen, an Associate Lecturer at Curry and former Chief of Police for the town of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. O2SL & QRT National works with municipalities, counties, and states nationwide to address substance use and behavioral health issues through shared, community responses. This innovative work, known as “pre-arrest diversion and deflection” focuses on intervening and helping connect people to care and recovery instead of traditional law enforcement responses, arresting and prosecuting them. Allen was the co-creator of the
O2SL & QRT National Leaders Featured in NIDA JCOIN Deflection eCourse
PTACC is excited to share JCOIN’s latest eCourse: First Responder Deflection: A Warm Handoff to Services in the Community, which is now available! JCOIN has launched a first-of-its-kind eCourse on deflection, giving police/first responders an alternative to arresting people with substance use disorders. O2SL and QRT National’s COO, Scott Allen, and Director of Operations, Daniel Meloy are featured in individual eCourse training modules. “First Responder Deflection: A Warm Handoff to Services in the Community” is a free, 90-minute online course created under the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN), led by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). TASC’s Center for Health and Justice and GMU’s Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!) co-developed the course for JCOIN, with key practitioner contributions from the Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative (PTACC). The course features examples of deflection programs across the US, expert researchers and practitioners, five deflection pathways, tools for evaluating program impact, and much
O2SL & QRT National Recognizing International Women’s Day
O2SL & QRT National would like to thank and celebrate all women, for leading the the way to success, and for all of your amazing work and advocacy. Celebrating today our O2SL & QRT National women, Dr. Carol Gregory, Joy Schuring, Channing Palumbo, Krystal Kizito, Rene LaMark Muir, Dr, Kelly Firesheets, Maureen Cavanaugh, Nan Franks, Shana Merrick!
O2SL & QRT National’s Dan Meloy Featured at the White House Announcement State Model Law to Expand Programs that Deflect People with Addiction to Care
“As I read through the deflection model law, I find myself smiling… and thinking back through the years to the times when other law enforcement, fire/EMS chiefs, and city managers asked me, ‘Why do you do this work?’ or ‘Why do you partner with that social service agency?’ The ‘this’ and ‘that’ was our reaching out to experts who understood the ‘Science of Addiction’ and asking for their help! We asked if they would work alongside police, fire and EMS and educate us on how we make a positive impact on our people and families within our community,” said Dan Meloy, retired Police Chief of Colerain Township, Ohio. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) announced the release of the Model Law Enforcement and Other First Responders Deflection Act, a resource for states that encourages the development and use of deflection programs across
Director of Operations, Dan Meloy to Present at National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators in April
O2SL and QRT National’s Director of Operations, Daniel Meloy, will be a guest presenter in April 2022 at the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators 2022 NADDI Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Training Conference – Save the Date! – NADDI – National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators Thursday, April 28th, 3:30 pm Quick Response Teams Why does a “QRT” model exist? Purpose.How does a community implement the QRT model?Who and where is the model implemented/used?How has the model grown, in service, since its creation? Presenter: Daniel P. MeloyChief of Police and Director of Public Safety, (Ret.) Founder, QRT NationalO2SL & QRT National, Director of Operations
Partnership Agreement between the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children and Operation 2 Save Lives & QRT National
For Immediate Release Date: January 6, 2022 Contacts: Scott Henderson, National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (408) 722-8838: Scott Allen, Operation 2 Save Lives-QRT National, (508) 208-2244 The National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (National DEC) and Operation 2 Save Lives-QRT National (O2S & QRT National) are excited to announce their partnership to offer programs, train, equip and support multidisciplinary teams of professionals to provide services to children and families affected by a parent or caregiver substance misuse. The organizations’ approaches are to identify children as early as possible, intervene appropriately, and secure services for children and families, seeing that these services are sustained. Drug Endangered Children are children who are at risk of suffering physical, mental, or emotional harm because of parent or caregiver’s legal or illegal substance misuse. They may also be children whose caretaker’s legal or illegal substance use interferes with the caretaker’s ability to parent and
See O2SL & QRT National’s Partner, Daryl McGraw on TED Talk, talking Urban Trauma
Listen to Daryl McGraw of Connecticut, a O2SL & QRT National partner, subject matter expert, who shares his expertise and experience on a December 2021 TEDxHartford, “Urban Trauma Unchecked is Urban Trauma Untreated” Daryl McGraw TEDxHartford Urban Trauma
Responsive Education to Support Treatment in Opioid Recovery Efforts (RESTORE)
O2SL and QRT National are proud to be participating sponsors in next Tuesday’s, October 26th, Kentucky Responsive Education to Support Treatment in Opioid Recovery Efforts (RESTORE) Community Forum, Click Here to Register