Strategic Initiatives Unit

FY24, Qtr 2: Deflection TTA: Minneapolis Fire Department

Reporting Cycle Summary FY24 Q3 Engagement Activities - Lake County, IL

FY24 Q3 Engagement Activities Reporting Cycle Summary - Corresponded with grantee 3 times between April to June 2024 in addition to invites to participate in grantee cohort calls - Summary of Resources Provided: Recording of CHJ’s March grantee Quarterly Call; publication developed collaboratively with the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) titled “Fire-led First Responder Deflection: Spotlight on Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and Tucson, Arizona, Fire Departments”; standard resources including the deflection mentoring initiative and information sharing scenarios for deflectio

FY24 Q2 Engagement Activities Reporting Cycle Summary - Corresponded with grantee 2 times between January and March of 2024 on 1/23 and 2/29, in addition to invites to participate in grantee cohort calls - Summary of Resources Provided: CHJ and AHP COSSUP publication titled “Trauma and the Opioid Crisis: Perceived Impacts on First Responders,” CHJ COSSUP publication with the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) titled San Antonio, Texas, Fire Department, Mobile Integrated Health Division: “Harm Reduction,” the new “Fire Prevention,” recording of CHJ Focus Area Call on the Racial

FY24 Q3 Engagement Activities Reporting Cycle Summary
- Corresponded with grantee 3 times between April to June 2024 in addition to invites to participate in grantee cohort calls

FY24 Q3 Engagement Activities Reporting Cycle Summary - Corresponded with grantee 1 times between April and June of 2024 on 4/19, in addition to invites to participate in grantee cohort calls. o Recording of CHJ’s March grantee Quarterly Call; publication developed collaboratively with the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) titled “Fire-led First Responder Deflection: Spotlight on Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and Tucson, Arizona, Fire Departments”
Summary of Suggestions for further TA/Next steps: Continue regularly scheduled TA engagement and coaching

FY24 Q2 Engagement Activities Reporting Cycle Summary - Corresponded with grantee 3 times between January and March of 2024 on 1/23, 2/14, and 2/28, in addition to invites to participate in grantee cohort calls. Provided information to confirm the TA providers she works with for each of her COSSUP grants. Let her know about identifying alternative conferences to use funding that had been allocated for COSSUP forum 2024 that is not being held.

This was the second in a series of five focus area calls on the Racial Equity in Deflection, based on the Racial Equity in Deflection Framework resource document to be published in summer 2024. This framework will be part of a Racial Equity in Deflection- Toolkit (RED-T) developed by CHJ, in partnership with the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.

This was the fourth in a series of five focus area calls on the Racial Equity in Deflection, based on the Racial Equity in Deflection Framework resource document to be published in summer 2024. This framework will be part of a Racial Equity in Deflection- Toolkit (RED-T) developed by CHJ, in partnership with the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.

This was the third in a series of five focus area calls on the Racial Equity in Deflection, based on the Racial Equity in Deflection Framework resource document to be published in summer 2024. This framework will be part of a Racial Equity in Deflection- Toolkit (RED-T) developed by CHJ, in partnership with the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.