Chiron Center Incorporated

Chirons Clinical Programs Division provided mental health support tohundreds of front line responders and their loved ones from over 40 different public service agencies in 2024, 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. Less than half of these agencies have any formalmental health support available to their personnel and their families. The rest of the serviceswere 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 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.

In 2024, Chiron continued to capitalize on our extensive and hard-earned 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.