Build a chaplaincy program your community will trust for decades.

Who This Is For

• Police chiefs and sheriffs starting a chaplaincy program from scratch
• Agencies whose informal chaplaincy needs structure, policy, and accountability
• Multi-agency consortia building shared chaplaincy capacity
• Government / municipal leadership establishing first-responder spiritual care
• Existing programs at risk of liability, mission creep, or burnout

What a Program Build Includes

• Foundational policy — chain of command, scope of role, what chaplains will and won’t do
• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) — between the agency and chaplains, drafted to your jurisdiction
• Recruitment & screening framework — sourcing, application, background check, interview, ecclesiastical endorsement
• Code of ethics — confidentiality, impartiality, multi-faith standards, mission creep guardrails
• Training plan — onboarding, ICPC pathway, CISM, death notification, ride-alongs
• Operational protocols — call-out procedures, on-call rotation, line-of-duty death response, debriefs
• Documentation system — what gets recorded, what doesn’t, and how privacy is protected
• Year-1 roadmap — 30-60-90 milestones plus quarterly reviews

The 90-Day Build

1. 01

   Week 1–2 — Maturity audit

   Where the agency is today. Stakeholder interviews. Risk and gap mapping.

2. 02

   Week 3–4 — Strategy

   Program scope, structure, and KPIs. Aligned with chief / sheriff and command staff.

3. 03

   Week 5–7 — Documentation

   Policy, MOU, code of ethics, recruitment screen, training plan drafted.

4. 04

   Week 8 — Recruitment

   Source candidates, run screening, hold interviews, secure endorsements.

5. 05

   Week 9–11 — Training

   Onboarding intensive; ride-alongs; first call-outs shadowed.

6. 06

   Week 12 — Launch

   Program goes live. Public announcement. Quarterly review cadence set.

Engagement Format

• Fixed-fee 90-day engagement, milestone-based
• Includes weekly working sessions with the agency lead
• All policy + training artifacts delivered as agency-branded templates
• Onsite kickoff and onsite launch (travel scoped separately)
• 90-day post-launch support included

Investment

Program builds are scoped to agency size and complexity. A typical small-to-mid-agency build runs in the mid-five-figure range. Reach out and we’ll send a tailored proposal.

Why Trust This Process

Dr. Mzizi has served as Chaplain Services Coordinator at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office and built or advised on multiple LE chaplaincy programs across the United States. The framework in *Chaplain with a Badge* is the same one used in these engagements.