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August 17, 2022
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-266
Sponsored By: Charles Cavell, Marcia Gershenson, Michael Spisz
Board of Commissioners - Resolution Appropriating American Rescue Plan Act – Local Fiscal Recovery
Funds to create the Crisis Intervention Training Pilot Program in Partnership with Oakland Community
Health Network
Chairperson and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS the United States Treasury allocated Oakland County $244,270,949 of Local Fiscal Recovery
Funds (LFRF) established under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021; and
WHEREAS under the guidance of the Department of Treasury’s Final Rule, the County may use these funds at
their discretion to support eligible investments in public health expenditures, address negative economic
impacts caused by the public health emergency; replace lost public sector revenue; provide premium pay for
essential workers; and invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure; and
WHEREAS COVID 19 prevented opportunities for residents to participate in safe social and recreational
interaction and activities. It contributed to extreme isolation at times and a movement to technology-based
communication and interaction. The lack of normal social interaction and recreation impacted the mental health
of the residents in Oakland County. It contributed to self-medicating in the way of substances, domestic
violence, and suicide. This has ultimately led to an increase in mental health related calls to law enforcement,
who were already seeing an increase of mental health related calls prior to Covid 19 as well; and
WHEREAS Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) is an innovative first-responder model of police-based crisis
intervention training to help persons with mental disorders and/or addictions access medical treatment rather
than place them in the criminal justice system due to illness related behaviors. It also promotes officer safety
and the safety of the individual in crisis; and
WHEREAS CIT provides the foundation necessary to promote community solutions to assist individuals with a
mental illness and/or addictions. The CIT Model reduces both stigma and the need for further involvement with
the criminal justice system. CIT provides a forum for effective problem solving regarding the interaction
between the criminal justice and mental health care system and creates the context for sustainable change; and
WHEREAS Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN) is in the unique position as a county-wide public
mental health system, to provide training, support, and expertise to any/all law enforcement/public safety
entities as they seek to develop new approaches to citizens in crisis; and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners seeks to appropriate $500,000 of American Rescue Plan Act – Local
Fiscal Recovery Funds to establish a Crisis Intervention Training Pilot Program in partnership with OCHN to be
funded for the pilot period, ending December 31, 2024. The Pilot Program will serve to provide law enforcement
and mental health professionals the opportunity and means to work in conjunction with each other to tackle the
impact of a post COVID-19 environment on mental health.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approves the
creation of a Crisis Intervention Training Pilot Program and authorizes an appropriation in the amount not-to-
exceed $500,000 of American Rescue Plan Act - Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to be allocated as follows:
$320,000 to fund expanding Oakland County's Crisis Intervention Training Program, for the pilot period
ending December 31, 2024, in partnership with Oakland Community Health Network.
$100,000 to fund a reimbursement grant, administered by Oakland Community Health Network, to local
law enforcement agencies allowing access to training and education for the Oakland County Crisis
Intervention Training Pilot Program.
$80,000 to fund a reimbursement grant, administered by Oakland Community Health Network, for
County personnel and local law enforcement agencies to achieve the CIT program professional
certification through CIT International.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, or designee, shall act as
contract administrator for the Crisis Intervention Training Pilot Program and shall be authorized to enter into a
contract for services for program administration with Oakland Community Health Network, subject to review
by the Purchasing Division and Corporation Counsel.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a quarterly report shall be forwarded to the Finance Committee by
Oakland Community Health Network detailing expenditures and grant funded metrics for the Crisis Intervention
Training Pilot Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that approval of appropriations of American Rescue Plan Act – Local Fiscal
Recovery Funds for programs and services by Oakland County shall not obligate a commitment of the General
Fund unless authorized by action of the Board of Commissioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED a budget amendment appropriating funds to establish a Crisis Intervention
Training Pilot Program in partnership with OCHN will be included in a subsequent quarterly forecast.
Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Charles Cavell, Marcia
Gershenson, Michael Spisz.
Date: August 17, 2022
David Woodward, Commissioner
Date: August 18, 2022
Hilarie Chambers, Deputy County Executive II
Date: August 19, 2022
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2022-07-19 Full Board - Refer to Public Health & Safety
2022-08-09 Public Health & Safety - Recommend and forward to Finance
2022-08-10 Finance - recommend to Board
2022-08-17 Full Board
VOTE TRACKING
Motioned by Commissioner Charles Cavell seconded by Commissioner Michael Gingell to adopt the attached
Resolution: Appropriating American Rescue Plan Act – Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to create the Crisis
Intervention Training Pilot Program in Partnership with Oakland Community Health Network.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall,
Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Chuck Moss, Marcia
Gershenson, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Gary McGillivray, Robert
Hoffman, Adam Kochenderfer (20)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: (0)
Passed
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on August 17, 2022,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac,
Michigan on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk / Register of Deeds