Benton-Corvallis is First Situation Table to Launch in Oregon
View the Benton County press release here.
View local coverage of the training here.
BENTON COUNTY, Ore. – Oregon’s first Situation Table to help facilitate multi-agency interventions for those at risk of experiencing a crisis has launched in Benton County following a recent training program led by Operation 2 Save Lives (O2SL) & QRT National.
The Benton-Corvallis Situation Table launched on Monday, Oct. 30. It is the first Situation Table in the state of Oregon, as well as the first Situation Table on the West Coast trained by O2SL & QRT National.
The two-day training took place from Oct. 19-20 at the Department of Human Services in Corvallis, and was delivered by Mike Botieri, Dan Cortez and Larry Sweeney of O2SL & QRT National.
The training was brought to the area through the collaborative work of the Corvallis Police Department and the Benton County Health Department. Corvallis Police Capt. Joel Goodwin and Eric Bowling of the Benton County Health Department led the initiative in partnership with the InterCommunity Health Network CCO, which funded the training.
Thirty-eight participants attended the training from 25 agencies representing public safety, public health and medicine, family services, faith and community outreach.
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.
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.
“We were thrilled to bring the Situation Table model to Oregon and congratulate the Benton-Corvallis Situation Table on its launch. We look forward to seeing the value and support that this collaboration will bring to Benton County,” Botieri said. “We are grateful to the participants for their engagement and enthusiasm and thank the Corvallis Police Department and Benton County Health Department for coordinating the training.”
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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