The concept of KCIT was created when a group of professionals from across the Commonwealth joined together to comprise the Crisis Response Organizational Subcommittee. This subcommittee is under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s (PCCD) Victim Services Advisory Committee (VSAC). The VSAC was established in 1995 to insure that the voices, needs and perspectives of all crime victims are considered in the development of services, standards, policies, funding priorities and outcomes. The VSAC identified the need to explore the creation of a statewide crisis response capability to communities affected by a crime that produces multiple victims. The Crisis Response Organizational Subcommittee was formed and developed the concept of KCIT as one of the means to increase the statewide crisis response capability.

OUR MISSION

KCIT’S mission is to facilitate crisis intervention services to crime victims and their communities in the aftermath of a traumatic event in Pennsylvania. Interventions include but are not limited to: assessing the impact of the event on the community; developing intervention plans; and providing individual and group crisis intervention. KCIT is available to provide support to agencies and other community crisis teams upon request.

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