The Boston Police Department (BPD) in partnership with Madison Park Community Development Corporation and The Dewitt Center sponsored a 100 participant HUB Situation Table training recently.
— Don’t know what a HUB Table is…keep reading, we’ll explain!
Participants included BPD officers, members of our Community Intervention Teams, Community Service offices, the Youth Violence Strike Force and other specialized units; it also included members of the MA State Police: our City partner agencies, such as Boston Public Schools, Inspectional Services and the Boston Public Health Commission took part, along with state agencies like the MA Probation Department, District Courts, the MA Department of Youth Services and MA Department of Children’s Youth and Families. Our non-profit partners included staff from community development centers, neighborhood health centers, domestic violence service providers, Boys and Girls Club of Boston, Youth Connect, BEST, local faith-based organizations and other local nonprofits. Together we learned about the HUB Table model and training scenarios, the 4 Filter Process that confidentially serves our most vulnerable families.
The Boston Police Department launched its Citywide Hub Initiative in 2018, within East Boston and Jamaica Plain, in partnership with approx 60 community-based service providers, to meet the unique needs of our communities’ most vulnerable residents. Hub Tables seek to connect individuals and families, deemed to be at an acutely elevated risk (AER) of harm, with service providers equipped to mitigate that risk. Through a four-filter process, designed to protect the confidentiality of those needing support, the model is a new way of utilizing resources that are already in place in unified ways. The Hub does not perform case management. Its purpose is to mitigate risk within 24-48 hours of introduction at one of our weekly Hub Tables. To date, the Jamaica Plain and East Boston situation tables have addressed 696 instances of individuals and families needing support. The BPD would like to thank the Madison Park CDC for your support and for agreeing to lead CBO for the B2 Hub; we also offer shoutouts to our Citywide HUB Coordinator, out of BPD’s Office of R&D; our Boston Public Schools partners for years of dedication to this model; and to our 2 HUB Trainers from Chelsea Police Department and Operation to Save Lives, who are expert trainers and provided an opportunity for all of us to be able to move forth on the implementation of strong HUB tables in both Roxbury and Dorchester
The March training was an example of the best of BPD’s community policing practice, as it was community centered, fun, engaging, educational and inspiring for all who attended.
