Quick Response Team

QUICK identification of resources and shortcomings of community supports for Vulnerable People in Traverse City 

RESPONSE to overdoses in the community, connecting people to treatment

TEAM members who discuss needs of individuals to promote wrap-around community services

While other programs only provide overdose response, we reach out a little farther by connecting with individuals most at risk for crises related to substance use, mental health and homelessness.

Jennifer Holm, Police Social Worker Coordinator

Jenn Holm is the Police Social Worker Coordinator (PSW) for the Traverse City Police Department. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with additional credentials in sign language interpreting and teaching. Her previous experience with both macro and clinical social work impacts her systemic and individual approaches to social work services. She developed and now facilitates the TCPD Quick Response Team program. The goal of her position is to reduce law enforcement calls on vulnerable populations by interrupting the cycle of arrest and addiction through coordinating care for QRT program participants and reducing provider barriers.

Contact Jenn
851 Woodmere Avenue
(231) 631-9263
jholm@traversecitymi.gov

Our Mission

The Traverse City Police Department Quick Response Team (QRT) will implement quick support to individuals at risk for, and following, overdose. To address the link between substance misuse, mental health & homelessness. The QRT will also address (respond to) the systemic barriers to recovery by examining gaps in local social service provisions and supporting wrap-around services for vulnerable populations in the Traverse City community.

Other programs only provide overdose response. We reach out a little farther by connecting with individuals most at risk for crises related to substance use, mental health and homelessness.

 

Resources

Scope and Statistics for Vulnerable People
Community Resource Guide for Vulnerable Populations
QRT Agency Members
Naloxone Tracking Form
Overdose FAQs
QRT Annual Report

This project is supported by Michigan’s FY 21 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) # 15PBJA-21-GG-04538-COAP, awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and administered by the Michigan State Police (MSP).  Points of view or opinions contained within this document do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the DOJ or the MSP.

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