2025 News Releases

The Missouri Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Council has a new Coordinator for the state. Deputy Josh Stockman, with the Cole County Sheriff’s Department, is taking on this role after serving as the CIT Training Specialist and assisting with updating training curricula to ensure consistent statewide CIT training.

Stockman will provide oversight of Missouri’s nationally recognized CIT program, including managing the day-to-day aspects of the program, implementing and sustaining the CIT program, and providing direction and support for training, curriculum, and program expansion. 

The purpose of CIT is to address the challenges that often arise when law enforcement officers encounter individuals with behavioral health conditions in crisis situations. 

Deputy Stockman’s new coordinator position is effective April 1, 2025, after a thorough search and interview process with several highly qualified candidates. The Department of Mental Health (DMH) appreciates the support of the MO CIT Council, the Missouri Behavioral Health Council, the Cole County Sheriff’s Department, and the Stockman family.  DMH is confident that CIT will continue to expand and thrive under his leadership.

For more information contact Deputy Josh Stockman at 573-634-4626 ext. 142.

The Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH) is the lead agency for reporting opioid settlement expenditures. The Second Annual Report was released on March 3, 2025.

Section 196.1050 RSMo., established the Opioid Addiction Treatment and Recovery Fund, into which all monetary proceeds are deposited for the State of Missouri’s share of settlement distributions.  According to the Memorandum of Understanding between the State of Missouri, the state’s political subdivisions and the national opioid settlement administrators, each recipient of settlement funds must provide the General Assembly with reporting details of the following for the preceding year:

• The amount of settlement funds received;
• Details on how settlement funds were spent; and
• Whether each expenditure fits within an approved use.

The Second Annual Report as well as other opioid settlement information can be found on the DMH website pages specifically established for public reporting: MOopioidsettlements. (https://moopioidsettlements.dmh.mo.gov/).

DMH continues to work with the Attorney General’s Office, the Missouri Association of Counties, and the Missouri Municipal League to communicate settlement reporting requirements.

The 11th Annual Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Conference will be held Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 12, 13 & 14, 2025, at the Margaritaville Lake Resort in Osage Beach, MO.  More than 800 law enforcement officers, other first responders and behavioral health professionals are expected to attend. The purpose of CIT is to address the challenges that often arise when law enforcement officers encounter individuals with behavioral health conditions in crisis situations.

This year’s conference will also include a crisis summit featuring crisis resources such as 988, mobile crisis response, and behavioral health crisis centers. There will also be award recognitions of individuals from across the state including the Dr. Rick Gowdy Legacy Award, Law Enforcement Officer of the Year, Community Behavioral Health Liaison of the Year, Champion of the Year, Front Line Professional of the Year, the Lauren Moyer Legacy Award, and the Timothy D. Conroy Peer Advocate of the Year.  Very deserving professionals will be recognized during the awards ceremony Friday afternoon.

Specific agenda information is available on the CIT Conference website.

Media: For planning purposes, please contact the Missouri Behavioral Health Council (MBHC) at events@mobhc.org if you plan to cover this event.

Location:  Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, 494 Tan Tar A Drive, Osage Beach, MO 65065.