Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Development and delivery of a statewide annual “Team Two” training schedule and provide a minimum of 10 training sessions during the contract period, including targeted training for dispatchers.; 2. Develop, implement, and analyze the results of a survey of the effectiveness of the training materials and training that is provided.; 3. Provide a lead coordinator or trainer (Coordinator) for both the train-the-trainer sessions and the subsequent regional rollouts with trainers. Coordinator must have a good working knowledge of Title 18 (18 V.S.A. § 7101) and familiarity with the many parties involved in implementing the law.; 4. Develop a guideline for individuals to self-identify as trainers and will consistently assess the readiness of trainers to determine if additional train-the-trainer sessions are necessary. Team Two training sessions will include both law enforcement and mental health crisis teams, in each region, to model the working relationship throughout the day.; 5. Review all materials and roles with trainers at a planning and preparation session prior to training.; 6. Be responsible for curriculum preparation and provision of educational handouts for 7. Aid trainers regarding organizing an inter-disciplinary panel and formatting their presentation on regional resources.; 8. Collaborate with the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council to promote the prerequisite training.; 9. Identify and develop Team Two leaders within all police departments, across all work shifts. The coordinator will identify leaders within police departments to model responses and train others within the department.; 10. Team Two trainings should allow and encourage attendance of law enforcement officers, crisis clinicians, dispatchers and emergency department personnel being the primary invitees, when space is available others invited will be state’s attorneys, emergency medical services (EMS), advocates, family members, peers, and judges. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list and other appropriate parties should be invited to participate as well.; 11.Maintain a Team Two Steering Committee that oversees, monitors, and reviews evaluations of the training efforts. This group will have representatives from Vermont State Police, local and city police, the Department of Mental Health, designated and specialized service agencies, family members, the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, the Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living, advocates, the Vermont Criminal Justice Council, a representative member of the committee that oversees Act 80 mental health law enforcement training, and the Department of Health’s Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs.; 12.Work with the Team Two Steering Committee to develop recommendations for improving the access, coordination, and efficient implementation of the various mental health law enforcement training that is currently being offered in the state (e.g., Act 80 training, Team Two, Mental Health First Aid).
