The steady climb of individuals in jails and prisons with behavioral health disorders has ignited a deeper dive in understanding the use of peer support to reduce recidivism, homelessness, unemployment and instability. Whether part of the formal process or simply as a matter of people building...
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The SAMHSA SOAR TA Center is proud to release the 2019 National SOAR Outcomes issue brief ! The issue brief provides a look at SOAR implementation across the nation and expands on the 2019 SOAR Outcomes infographic released in November 2019 (view the full infographic or the text...
2019SOAROutcomes-508.pdf
The Stepping Up Strategy Lab is a new interactive database of the most innovative and promising programs and practices being used in counties and local jurisdictions across the U.S. (including several SJC sites) to help reduce the disproportionately high prevalence of mental illness in jails and...
The handouts that were provided at the Creating Housing Opportunities Across the Intercepts workshop at the May 2019 Network Meeting are attached. #housing #MentalHealth
Housing stability for justice-involved individuals is a challenge. We will discuss maximizing housing resources, determining what resources are needed to increase opportunities, what factors impede capacity to connect to housing, and what policy changes need to happen at the local/state/federal...
Cook County Talks Community Engagement_ Our Lessons Learned1.pdf
This poster presents an overview of pre-arrest diversion (PAD), a.k.a. deflection, and how it addresses criminal justice and public health challenges faced by police in the U.S. Featuring three SJC sites on the collaboration necessary to build treatment capacity, how their PAD programs work, and...
IACP Poster for May 2019 SJC Mtg.pdf
Participants will learn how an initiative from two local competing hospitals spurred by the Robert Wood Johnson report on County Health Rankings has affected both the judicial and medical system in one county. The collective impact model used to address complex health and social problems by the...
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Law enforcement agencies across the country are being challenged by a growing number of calls for service involving people who have mental health needs. Increasingly, officers are called on to be the first—and often the only—responders to calls involving people experiencing a mental health...
Since 1972, the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has advocated for the civil rights, full inclusion and equality of adults and children with mental disabilities. The Center accomplishes its goals through a unique combination of litigation, public policy advocacy, coalition building and...
Incarceration in the United States peaked in 2008. Since then, many jurisdictions have expanded alternatives for low-level offenders, decriminalized some minor offenses, and reformed police practices. As a result, the nation’s incarceration rate has declined from 1,000 inmates per 100,000 adults...
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