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The mission of Chiron Center, Inc. is to provide peer-based, integrative behavioral health education, support, and resources designed to maximize the professional excellence and overall quality of life of those who place themselves in harms way in service of others; serving as a trusted, respected, and valued resource dedicated to promoting resilience and enhancing the behavioral health and wellness of first responders and their loved ones including those in military, law enforcement, prosecution, fire suppression (structure and wildland),emergency medical,communications & dispatch, search & rescue, air medical, social services, chaplaincy, humanitarian aid, and other front line responders. We accomplish this through our three divisions: Clinical Programs, Education & Outreach, and Research & Development.
Education and Outreach Division: In 2019 Chiron continued to provide training to hundreds and hundreds of personnel around the nation from federal, regional, state, county, and local public service agencies including: the U.S. Department of the Interiors You Will Not Stand Alone line-of-duty death and significant injury response course as well as the Hospital and Family Liaison course; Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and Peer Support ICISF approved courses; and resilience training at several conferences and workshops throughout the country. The Crisis Response Team (CRT) is now celebrating 21 years of service, supported by our monthly training and supervision of the amazing CRT volunteers in service of our community members affected by tragedy and traumatic loss. We are very proud to share that our Southern Oregon High-Tech Crimes Task Force Behavioral Health, Wellness, and Resilience Program successfully completed its seventh year of service, continuing to serve as THE model related to imbedded mental health support for those combating child exploitation and sexual abuse. Finally, Chirons Still Standing Equine Programs continued to provide highly effective and well-received experiential workshops and trainings throughout the year with uniformed personnel and their loved ones.
Chirons Clinical Programs Division provided mental health support to hundreds of front line responders and their loved ones from over 40 different public service agencies in 2019, related to current and past issues specific to critical incidents; acute and cumulative work-related stress; family and relationship support; illness; grief and loss; addiction; anxiety; depression; PTSD; and suicidality. Fewer than 40% of these agencies have any formal mental health support available to their personnel and their families. The rest of the services were offered pro bono or at very little cost thanks to the generous grants and donations that Chiron received during the year, allowing us to reduce barriers, and maximize access to mental health treatment and loved ones support. Chirons Crisis Response Team (CRT) Program continued to provide much needed information, support, and resources at the scene of incidents upon law enforcement and EMS request for our community members; and our Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) coordinated support efforts and/or responded to numerous critical incidents in direct support of our uniformed personnel and their loved ones including: line of duty death, mass-casualty incidents, suicides, homicides, fatal traffic collisions, fatal fires, child deaths, and officer-involved shootings.
Research & Development: In 2019, Chiron continued to capitalize on our extensive and hardearned trust relationships within the public safety community to directly partner with them to identify, train, and develop critically needed peers, clinicians, and other wellness professionals who will become truly competent, highly effective, and fully capable, embedded providers of education, clinical expertise, and direct resources in support of the mental health and overall wellness of first responders and their loved ones. As we look to the future, this process of identifying, training, mentoring, and supporting this next generation of support professionals and peers remains our highest priority.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Anne E Kellogg | Executive Dir. | 40 | $39,750 |
| Mary Lous Gutierrez | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Melvin A Hokanson | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
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