C. J. Caufield works diligently with key individuals developing the Mississippi Crisis Response Network aimed at networking crisis response efforts throughout the state for first responders, medical facilities, schools, industry, and general population needs. He is currently a student-pastor with the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church. He is co-founder, instructor and senior chaplain of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support (LEAPS). MS LEAPS is comprised of over 150 certified peer officers from throughout the state.
Mr. Caufield holds membership in several organizations intended to gain further insight in the area of critical incident stress, psychological first aid, crisis intervention, and suicide intervention including the Academy of Traumatic Stress Specialists, the American Association of Suicidology, the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology, the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), the National Police Suicide Foundation, and the International Conference of Police Chaplains. He is a Certified Trauma Responder (CTR) through the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists. He is a member of the National Crisis Response Team with the American Association of Christian Counselors. He is a Diplomate and Board Certified in Expert in Traumatic Stress (B.C.E.T.S.) with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.
He was awarded the coveted Jefferson Cup by ICISF for his coordination of providing peer-based intervention services for the first responders in Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina. In February of 2007, he was awarded the "Community Service Award" in Baltimore, Maryland at the Ninth World Congress on Stress and Coping for this same work. He co-presented there as one of a handful of plenary presenters. He is an approved instructor for FEMA, ICISF, and National Police Suicide Foundation.