This engagement is to provide the 40-hour training entitled “Peer Support for Public Safety” for the Montgomery County, Md. Police Department by William Hogewood of Crisis Associates LLC. The Montgomery County Police Department’s Peer Support Team has been in existence since 2001 and aids department employees and their families who are involved in traumatic personal and job-related incidents. The training is needed to provide guidance on peer support related functions such as communication techniques, reading body language, nature of trauma etc.
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Selected Provider 1: William Hogewood
Bid: 8000.00
Proposal file: Montgomery County Cost Sheet.xls
Chosen Provider: William Hogewood
Budget Allocated: 9780.00
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Peer Support training teaches empathy and other skills that are essential to assisting the affected law enforcement agent in the process of opening up and sharing feelings to prevent continued emotional stress.
";s:32:"field_as_a_result_of_this_tta_wh";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_who_will_be_participating_";s:43:"Montgomery County Law Enforcement Personnel";s:32:"field_what_do_participants_need_";s:119:"William Hogewood comes in and provides supporting documents, resources, and a curriculum for the peer support training.";s:32:"field_what_activities_experience";s:340:"Training consists of subjects such as, but is not limited to:
• Active listening
• Confidentiality
• Limits and liability
• Ethical issues
• Assessment
• Crisis intervention
• Suicide intervention
• Alcohol and substance abuse
• Death and dying
• Grief management
• Stress management
• Mental disorder
";s:32:"field_who_supports_you_in_this_e";s:90:"Peer support professional William Hogewood who is being requested to provide the training.";s:32:"field_who_are_key_stakeholders_i";s:26:"Law Enforcement personnel.";s:32:"field_who_are_key_stakeholders_p";s:31:"Stress management professionals";s:32:"field_who_are_key_stakeholders_o";s:57:"Other Maryland police departments in the surrounding area";s:32:"field_how_open_are_the_key_stake";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_are_there_any_local_govern";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_how_will_your_organization";s:224:"Through peer support training the agency creates peer support teams that are made up of law enforcement personnel working to help one another through a crisis. Members volunteer and are selected through an interview process.";s:32:"field_what_other_resources_do_yo";s:283:"Montgomery County Police Department has access to venue space free of charge for the trainer. They are asking for funding to pay for 40 hours instruction for Peer Support Team members. Total funding for transportation, food, lodging, course materials and the course itself is $8,000.";}