Canadian and American Firms Come Together to Advance Community Safety and Well-Being Initiatives

Canadian and American Firms Come Together to Advance Community Safety and Well-Being Initiatives

For Immediate Release: August 23, 2021 Operation 2 Save Lives (O2SL) & QRT National, a United States-based firm operating within the pre-arrest diversion (PAD), deflection field and The Global Network for Community Safety (Global Network), a Canadian-based firm that focuses on innovations to improve Community Safety and Well-being across Canada and in the U.S., announce their partnership to provide states, provinces, counties, and communities with comprehensive, collaborative solutions in addressing issues of marginalization, including poverty, victimization, substance use (SUD) and mental health disorders (MHD). Through the O2SL and QRT National – Global Network partnership, these two organizations can 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 – can help provide communities with tailored responses to meet their

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O2SL & QRT National Partner with The Global Network for Community Safety to Bring the Situation Table Model to the U.S.

O2SL & QRT National Partner with The Global Network for Community Safety to Bring the Situation Table Model to the U.S.

O2SL and QRT National is pleased to announce its partnership with The Global Network for Community Safety to bring their combined expertise to bear to provide states, counties, and communities comprehensive, collaborative solutions to address issues such as substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health disorders (MHD) impacting the U.S. Together these two firms assist local communities in mobilizing a multi-agency community response to help vulnerable populations at acutely elevated risk by intervening to connect them to a tailored suite of comprehensive services within 24-48 hours, thereby reducing their overall risk. These collaborative solutions are presented in the form of the Situation Table or HUB model (from out of Canada) with representatives from multiple human services sectors. This model also serves to help communities identify service gaps and areas in need of reform. Since 2010, this model has been implemented in over 100 communities across the U.S. and Canada.

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