City of Richmond: Advanced Crisis
Intervention
Training
(ACIT)
Proposal,
(rev
1)
05.30.2025
Andy Prisco, Founder JUMPSTART Mastery 11121 Cole Place Anderson Island,WA 98303 253.426.9826/[email protected]
Overview
This
proposal
outlines
options
in
the
provision
of
competency
based,
programmatic
training
in
team-based
crisis
response
and
verbal
de-escalation
for
the
personnel
serving
the
City
of
Richmond
within
the
Community
Crisis
Response
Program
and
the
Office
of
Neighborhood
Safety.
The
training
fulfills
the
developing
and
exigent
needs
of
personnel
engaging
people-served
and
members
of
the
public
presenting
Anger,
Aggression,
Violence,
Serious
Mental
Illness,
and
Serious
Emotional
Disturbances
at
various
points
of
service
delivery.
The
training
can
integrate
existing
internal
policies
as
they
relate
to
the
presentation
of
these
behaviors
requiring
intervention
by
staff
in
the
work
setting
and
in
the
contexts
of
workplace
violence
prevention,
and
a
culture
of
safety.
Proposed Course:
ACIT
3 Day
On-Site
Session:
Delivery
of
academic
modules,
learning
exercises,
individual
language
competency
development,
team
response
considerations,
and
contextual
scenario/role
plays
that
develop
organized
incident
management
principles
around
the
kinds
of
situations
facing
program
personnel
in
community
settings,
during
programmatic
interactions,
and
in
the
direct
service
environment.
Particular
attention
is
paid
to
the
development
of
competencies
in
supporting
people
presenting
anger
and
aggression,
mental
health
or
psychiatric
symptoms,
and
unsafe
behavior
requiring
prompting
by
staff,
such
as
self-injurious
behavior
or
threats
of
violence
toward
others.
Learning
exercises
present
realism
in
managing
particularly
acute
behaviors
and
learning
emphasis
can
be
placed
on
specific
incident
management
procedures
during
a
behavioral
emergency.
Strong
interpersonal
relationships
are
also
formed
during
in-person
delivery,
engendering
more
meaningful
coaching
and
skill
development.
Specifications:
ACIT
is
an
iteration
of
Psychiatric
Emergency
Response
Team
training
that
has
been
organized
for
the
rapid
development
of
adaptive
thinking
and
language
skills
in
order
to
meet
the
presentation
of
Anger,
Aggression,
and
Violence
in
a
managed
framework.
The
training
emphasizes
the
development
of
sequential
thinking
and
languaging
in
an
academic
component,
followed
by
pressure
testing
during
scenarios
and
role
plays
that
enable
the
learner
to
deliver
the
competencies
during
resistance
presented
by
the
role
player.
Specific
thinking
and
language
competencies
are
measured
during
the
training.
ACIT
has
been
engaged
by
public
safety,
behavioral
health,
corrections,
community
outreach,
and
care
and
services
staff
throughout
the
United
States
with
great
success
in
response
to
the
rapidly
changing
conditions
that
present
providers
with
unique
conditions
in
managing
angry
and
aggressive
behaviors
from
people-served.
The
training
is
regularly
sought
by
professional
agencies
with
response
duties
to
behavioral
crises
and
large
systems
of
care.
Add-Ons/Options:
ACIT
Train-The-Trainer
(T3)
-
ACIT
train-the-trainer
is
an
instructor
development
program
with
requirements
that
contemplate
depth
of
curriculum
understanding,
fidelity
to
curriculum,
and
supervision.
T3
requires
instructor
development
workshops
following
completion
of
ACIT,
and
a
period
of
supervision
(broken
into
scheduled
meetings)
before
and
during
the
enactment
of
instructor
responsibilities
within
the
workforce.
JUMPSTART
Mastery
Network
-
an
online
learning
community
of
public
safety
personnel,
behavioral
health
professionals,
and
private
enterprise
engaging
in
weekly
live
trainings,
with
access
to
masterclass
training,
featuring
licensed
group
user
access
that
keeps
personnel
engaged
in
curriculum,
ongoing
learning,
and
team
building
as
we
raise
consciousness
on
supporting
people
presenting
Anger,
Aggression,
and
Violence.
Proposal Provisions and Requirements
I. Class Size
Class
size
is
limited
to
15 participants
per
instructor.
Training
fees
are
flat
rate,
and
all
expenses
included.
Presentation
materials
are
provided,
per
student,
and
are
not
meant
for
duplication
without
express
permission.
II. Instructor(s)
Andy
Prisco
-
lead
during
pilot
class
Jumpstart
Mastery
personnel
-
3 total
instructors
during
days
2 and
3. 2
instructors
during
day
1. Following
pilot,
2 instructors
per
course,
guaranteed.
III. Pricing
ACIT
3 Day
On-Site
(up
to
30 students)
$41,500
IV. Terms
●
Issuance
of
a
formal
purchase
order
and
approved
warrant
upon
event
scheduling
for
in-person
delivery,
or
written
approval
for
scheduling
from
an
authorized
stakeholder
●
Payment-In-Full
is
required
upon
completion
of
service
delivery.
●
Electronic
payment
is
preferred
via
ACH
Bank
Transfer
or
Direct
Deposit.
Further Information:
JUMPSTART
Mastery,
LLC
is
a
WA
based
Limited
Liability
Company.
It
is
owned
and
operated
by
Andrew
and
Lori
Prisco,
WA
residents.
Following
long
careers
in
the
State’s
behavioral
health
care
system,
Andy
and
Lori
launched
JUMPSTART
Mastery
to
meet
the
needs
of
personnel
working
in
public
safety,
behavioral
health,
healthcare,
and
private
enterprise
where
staff
can
be
presented
with
Anger,
Aggression,
and
Violence
from
people
served,
in
the
course
of
their
duties.
Andy
is
the
Founder
of
the
Psychiatric
Emergency
Response
Team
program
in
WA
and
its
training
program,
Advanced
Crisis
Intervention
Team
(ACIT).
He
is
a
co-developer
of
the
first
credential
in
verbal
de-escalation
endorsed
by
a
professional
mental
health
association.
Andy
is
the
Chairman
of
the
Board
of
HOPE
REFORM,
an
accreditation
and
certification
agency
for
human
services
organizations.
He
has
been
recognized
by
the
WA
Council
of
Behavioral
Health
on
two
occasions
as
a
nominee
and
winner
of
the
Hero
of
the
Year
Award.
Andy
has
provided
transformational
de-escalation
training
to
public
safety
agencies,
psychiatric
care
and
services
personnel,
juvenile
rehabilitation
programs,
youth
and
family
behavioral
health
organizations,
hostage
negotiation
teams,
co-responder
programs,
CIT
programs,
and
human
services
initiatives
from
the
United
States
to
Canada
to
South
Africa.
Large
private
and
publicly
owned
Corporations
have
begun
to
integrate
the
work
of
Andy
Prisco
and
JUMPSTART
Mastery
into
their
inward
facing
Workplace
Violence
Prevention
and
Risk
Management
responsibilities.