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As a Stepping Up Innovator county and a MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge site, Franklin County, Ohio, has been at the forefront of efforts to advance equity in its justice and behavioral health systems. Franklin County facilitates many justice-related initiatives, including one that leverages data to improve decision-making and outcomes and another that engages people with lived experience in justice system planning and implementation efforts. To learn more about these efforts, The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center talked with Ruchelle Pride, Franklin County's interim director of economic development and planning and director of the Office of Justice Policy and Programs (OJPP), about these different but interconnected approaches to achieve equitable outcomes.