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CD-CP Replication Sites : Stamford, CTMain ContactLee Bowbeer Participating AgenciesWebsiteProgram GoalThe Stamford Child Guidance- Community Policing Partnership provides 24-hour outreach and mental health services to child victims and “high risk” children identified by police. The goal of the CGCP Partnership is to mitigate the psychological consequences of violence and other traumatic events, and reduce the likelihood that youngsters exposed to violence will become perpetrators themselves. The Emergency Mobile Crisis Services provides 24- hour mobile response, offering immediate mental health assessment and crisis stabilization services for children and adolescents experiencing serious psychiatric symptoms or severe reactions to a recent traumatic event. Program ActivitiesThe Stamford Child Guidance-Community Policing Program (CD-CP) is a collaboration between the Child Guidance Center in Stamford, CT and the Stamford Police Department. Additional clinical offices are located in Greenwich, Darien, and New Canaan and police from those towns have utilized the acute response service. The CG-CP is available for 911 calls and routine police activity, and also receives referrals from Infoline, Kids In Crisis (an emergency shelter for children and adolescents), the Department of Children and Families, hospital emergency departments, and schools. Patrol officers and supervisors identify acute CG-CP cases. The Stamford CG-CP provides acute “mobile” response, responding to the scene of incidents, violent or potentially traumatic events to consult with police officers, and reach out to children and families who may be in need of services. During business hours, the Stamford CGCP takes referrals by fax, walk-in, or phone (office line or crisis line). After hours referrals are by pager or via Infoline. A member of the CG-CP clinical team is on call 24 hours/7days a week. All clinicians provide acute clinical trauma response as well as offering short-term and extended child individual and family therapy to children exposed to violence or trauma through the Child Guidance Center. School Resource Officers who attend the weekly program conference bring referrals from their respective schools. In addition, the Youth Bureau Sergeant and the Domestic Violence/School Resource Officer Sergeant review reports on a weekly basis and may make additional referrals. The CG-CP provides non-acute response in these cases, including joint clinician and police officer home visits 1-3 days following the event, telephone outreach, and consultation with officers, as appropriate. The CG-CP team holds weekly case conferences, which include clinicians, officers, supervisor(s) from the Department of Children and Families, and juvenile probation officer(s). At the case conference all new referrals are discussed, previously referred cases are reviewed and non-acute referrals are triaged. The Program Coordinator assigns a clinician for follow-up, which includes telephone outreach, symptom education, and offering clinic services. If the family accepts services, the Clinical Director assigns the case to a therapist for ongoing treatment. The CG-CP provides case coordination for cases involving the juvenile justice system. Other CGCP activities include Mandatory Review Training for current officers and Academy Training for new recruits. Child Guidance Center Staff
Stamford Police Department Staff
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