The community connection team, which is comprised of case workers and social workers have become the liaisons between front line police work, the community, which includes service providers and individuals/families that are experiencing homelessness and/or are in crisis.

• Triage of an individual and/or family
• Intermittent, short-term therapeutic intervention
• Care coordination between agencies
• Case Management, which includes but is not limited to:
• Housing Application and Navigation Assistance
• Basic Needs
• Transportation Assistance
• Employment Resources
• Navigation of the Behavioral Health System

The Homeless Outreach Service Team, aka HOST, is a proactive and collaborative effort to move the community in Salt Lake City, into a partnership with the police and homeless service providers to connect homeless individuals with social services and resources.

Law enforcement and the mental health consumer.

• CIT includes specially trained law enforcement officers.
  Trained with tactics to effectively deal with a situation involving a person experiencing a mental health crisis.
• CIT officers have received training to assist in identifying characteristics of various mental disorders.
  
• Officers are trained to provide a safer intervention for the person experiencing a mental health crisis, their family members, the community and the officers themselves.