State Gratee Name Name / Grat Category Jurisdictio Type Etity Crimial Etity Descriptio Poit of Cotact AL Commissio, Family Plaig for ad for, Alabama Plaig / Area Metal Authority Commissio, Family The Commissio plas to desig a strategic pla for a comprehesive system to address the eeds of youth with metal illesses who are ivolved i the juveile justice system. They will work through the Risk ad Resource Evaluatio Committee (JRREC), a broadly represetative stakeholder group who will participate i the strategic plaig process ad oversee project activities. They will exted the membership ad plaig activities of the JRREC to (1) develop a strategic pla to itercept juveile offeders with metal illess ad divert them to treatmet; (2) ehace coordiatio of data collectio systems to provide accurate data about the umbers ad eeds of the target populatio; ad (3) trai stakeholders ad persoel i both systems about the eeds of this group of youth ad the program models available across the atio for addressig these eeds. Shirley Carlisle CA of Nevada, Behavioral Nevada Co- Occurrig Disorders Collaborative Draft Pla Nevada Nevada s Nevada seeks to improve commuity health ad icrease public safety by facilitatig collaboratio amog the crimial justice, juveile justice, metal health, ad substace abuse treatmet systems. This process will ehace access ad icrease services for offeders with co- occurrig metal illesses ad substace abuse disorders. To achieve this goal, the collaborative will implemet the followig strategies: 1) expad the (MHC) from bi- weekly to weekly; 2) icrease MHC participat capacity from 15 to 30; 3) implemet supportive itegrated dual diagosis treatmet services ad support; 4) provide traiig for law eforcemet persoel o how to most appropriately respod to people with metal illesses; 5) provide traiigs to metal health staff that will focus o evidece- based, best practices ad itegrated dual diagosis treatmets; ad 6) provide support to traied staff members who ca the trai others. Cobb will complete a already- iitiated strategic pla - - the Lear to Ear Post- Release - - ad will implemet metal health ad employmet services. This early itervetio, correctioal- based trasitio project will icrease access for offeders with metal illesses to ew opportuities that facilitate treatmet for metal illesses ad movemet out of crime ad poverty, which should decrease their likelihood of reoffedig. The project will utilize existig collaboratios with the local microeterprise coucil, experts i supported self- employmet, ad commuity social service orgaizatios to: (1) reduce recidivism of people with metal illesses i the crimial justice system; (2) icrease the umber of correctioal- based trasitio programs for people with metal illesses; ad (3) icrease metal health services available to offeders with metal illesses. Mary Lowe GA Cobb Commuity Board Lear to Ear Post- Release Cobb Commuity Board Cobb Sheriff's Office Kate Brady GA Uified Govermet ad of Athes- Clarke, Clarke Superior Plaig Advatage Systems Superior ad Probate s To icrease public safety ad make more effective use of limited crimial justice resources, the Superior ad Probate s, workig with Advatage Behavioral Systems, will establish a metal health treatmet court for offeders ivolved i the crimial justice system due to their metal illesses. David Sweat IL Cook Cook Expasio /Suburba Illiois Divisio of Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit of Cook The goal of the Cook (CCMHC) expasio program is to expad ad improve services for court- ivolved adults with metal illesses. I keepig with this missio, the purpose is to itegrate lessos leared from the first two years of program ito a stregtheed, evidece- based service delivery system for idividuals with metal illesses ivolved i the Cook crimial justice system, especially those with the most itesive service eeds. The CCMHC will serve a additioal 25 probatioers with chroic metal illesses ad multiple morbidities who demostrate the greatest eed for services. These services will iclude access to evidece- based metal health ad substace abuse treatmet ad emergecy housig, expaded case maagemet, expaded family psycho- educatioal groups, ad traiig for additioal probatio officers ad police departmet Crisis Itervetio Team officers. Michael Bacula
IL of Wiebago, Wiebago Circuit Therapeutic Itervetio Expasio Jaet Wattles Ceter 17th Judicial, State Attorey's Office, Wiebago Public Defeder Wiebago seeks to expad treatmet services of a established ad effective diversio program that icludes a metal health court, which is tailored to the eeds of the commuity ad offeders with metal illesses. The proposed expasio addresses the eed to add 1 FTE treatmet specialist i co- occurrig disorders; 1 FTE treatmet specialist i geder- based sexual abuse/trauma screeig ad couselig; ad a 0.5 FTE family psychoeducatioal ad advocacy services specialist. The project s overarchig goal is to break the cycle of arrest ad icarceratio for people who commit crimes due to their metal illesses. Marci Raiber LA Public Safety ad Correctios Youth SAFE HARBOR: Plaig for ad o the State, Regioal, ad Local Levels Plaig / Hospitals (Office of, Office of Addictive Disorders, ad Office of Developmetal Disabilities) Public Safety ad Correctios Youth Safe Harbor will create ie regioal implemetatio plas to improve access to metal health ad substace abuse treatmet i commuities throughout the state for juveiles ivolved with or at risk of ivolvemet with the juveile justice system. The plaig grat will cover state, regioal, ad local activities. A state work group will address system reforms, juveile competecy issues, ad revisios to the state s Medicaid pla to expad resources available for metal health services. Local plas will be crafted by Childre ad Youth Plaig Boards, created by the Legislature i 2004 as the vehicle to build commuity capacity to reduce the umber of juveiles eterig the crimial justice system. State parterig agecies have regioal field office staff who, i cocert with families ad other cosumers, will combie the local plas of Childre ad Youth Plaig Boards ito regioal plas for each of the ie overlappig juveile justice ad social service regios i the state. Pamela Wall LA Orleas Parish Crimial District Office of Metal Orleas Parish Crimial District Orleas Parish will use these grat fuds to icrease the services available to people with metal illesses ivolved i the crimial justice system i Orleas Parish through its existig metal health court. Peer- to- peer relatioships will be established where a cliet i a later phase of the program provides support to a cliet i a earlier phase. A foresic aftercare program will be istituted to provide itesive treatmet to those cliets who do ot show ay progress i their iitial treatmet program. Motivatioal Ehacemet Therapy (MET) will be provided to all cliets participatig i the metal health court. A ehaced evaluatio compoet will be provided by a staff psychiatrist from a parter agecy to direct cliets to appropriate treatmet providers. A traiig program will be available for all metal health court staff members to ehace their kowledge of crisis itervetio i respose to offeders with metal illesses. A additioal case maager will be employed to maitai the case maager to cliet ratio at a small, maageable level. Peter Bradt MA ME Commowealt h of ad Massachusetts, Norfolk District Grat Attorey Keebec Keebec Comprehesiv e Jail Diversio Plaig /Suburba Massachusetts Crisis & Couselig Ceters Norfolk District Attorey The Norfolk will address idetificatio ad provisio of services for people with metal illesses whe they first come i cotact with the crimial justice system. Their goal is to 1) reduce low- level offeders' further ivolvemet with the crimial justice system; 2) reduce recidivism rates; 3) improve the lives of idividuals with metal illesses; ad 4) improve public safety. The plaig efforts will focus o creatig a jail diversio program ad providig educatio opportuities for first respoders ad for district attoreys. The Keebec Jail Diversio Collaborative will create a comprehesive approach to divertig people with metal illesses or co- occurrig disorders away from the crimial justice system while esurig public safety. Utilizig the priciple Keebec of orgaizatioal chage, the Keebec Jail Diversio will ehace jail Sheriff's Office, diversio programmig by 1) providig police with effective alteratives to Keebec icarceratio; 2) icorporatig jail programmig that atteds to crimiogeic risk ad Correctioal eed; ad 3) ecouragig commuity awareess about the eed ad optios Facility available to maximize jail diversio efforts. Effectiveess will be measured through idetified outcome measures at all itercept poits withi the project, maitaiig cotiuous quality improvemet across iterfacig systems. Kathlee A. Barett Robert Devli
ME Maie Jail State of Diversio ad Maie, Reetry Correctios Implemetatio Maie Huma Maie Correctios Maie seeks to ehace public safety as well as diversio ad reetry efforts by stregtheig collaboratios betwee local ad statewide crimial justice ad metal health systems, ad the systematically plaig, adaptig, ad implemetig evidece- based programs to address the eeds of o- violet people with metal illesses or co- occurrig disorders i Maie s crimial justice system. This project will 1) lik the existig diversio efforts; 2) use the Sequetial Itercept Model (SIM) to establish a uified stadard for all jail diversio ad reetry strategies i Maie; 3) expad metal health services for jail imates; 4) develop a statewide database from stadardized evaluatio tools; 5) utilizig the GIS mappig program to idetify locatios of service eeds/resources ad to geerate tred patter reports; ad 6) determiig traiig eeds for the crimial justice professioals ad the social service/substace abuse providers based o the data geerated. Lars Olse ND NE Cass Cass Jail Itervetio Coordiatig Committee (JICC) - Metal System Huma Plaig Plaig / Southeast Huma Service Ceter Huma, Divisio of Cass Jail Correctioal, Commissio o Law Eforcemet ad Crimial Cass 's program will expad metal health assessmets for jail detaiees so they ca receive treatmet ad be liked to commuity support services upo release, thereby creatig a eviromet i which a idividual with a short setece will ot be released ito the commuity with a udiagosed or utreated metal illess. Regioal metal health case maagers, who carry caseloads that are up to double the size recommeded by experts, will gai assistace from this program. People with metal illesses released from jail will receive case maagemet assistace uder the program fuded by this grat. This will help them avigate the systems ecessary to secure support services, maage their illesses log term, ad develop social supports ad vocatioal skills eeded to build a meaigful life. will coduct a iclusive plaig process that is focused o juveiles trasitioig to adult level services. This process will result i a strategic actio pla ad implemetatio strategies for a sustaiable, collaborative ifrastructure across crimial justice, metal health ad other relevat systems. The Uiversity of Public Policy Ceter (UNPPC) will facilitate ad develop a actio pla that will be used to guide decisio- makig, policy- settig, ad implemetatio strategies that best serve the target populatio.. Gle Elligsberg Jim Harvey NY Correctio CASES' Day Custody Metal Hygee Correctio s Correctio (DOC) ad Metal Hygiee will create a jail diversio program for adult misdemeaor offeders with metal illesses. This project will will ehace DOC ad CASES Day Custody (DCP), a three- day jail alterative for repeat misdemeaats where participats perform supervised commuity service ad receive eeds assessmets, treatmet readiess couselig, ad referrals to other service providers. DCP- MH would work uder the NYC Discharge Plaig, a partership of city agecies, advocates, service providers, research istitutios ad foudatios that combats homelessess ad recidivism through public policy ad systems chage. Sarah Gallagher NY Mayor s Office of the Crimial Coordiator Family Assessmet, Referral ad Treatmet (ART) Team Metal Hygiee Mayor's Office of the Crimial Coordiator The Mayor's Office of the Crimial Coordiator ad the Metal Hygiee, i collaboratio with juveile justice ad metal health agecies i ad state ad the Ceter for Iovatio, will create the Family Assessmet, Referral ad Treatmet (ART) Team. This court- based iitiative will create a cliical team to work with deliquecy judges ad other key players i Quees to coordiate social service ad juveile justice resources for youg people with metal health problems, brigig the tools of problem- solvig courts to achieve better outcomes for youth with metal health issues while safeguardig public safety. Dia Dariotis
NY OH OR OR New York State Uified System of Erie Jackso Josephie Promisig Practice Task Force Erie/Ottawa ad Plaig Collaborative Jackso ad Metal Plaig Josephie Commuity ad /Suburba Plaig / Plaig / / Plaig Erie Erie Metal Recovery Board Jackso Huma Optios, the Uio, NAMI of Josephie 8th Judicial District, Erie Sheriff, Buffalo Police Erie Commissioers Jackso Sheriffs Dept. Josephie Commuity, Josephie Circuit The 8th Judicial District, the Erie, ad the Buffalo Police will augmet the existig pre- ad post- bookig alteratives ad implemet the Promisig Practice, a formal early itervetio filterig system for decrimializatio efforts for persos with metal illesses. This will be accomplished usig cross- system, collaborative diversioary supports ad services that meet the uique eeds of idividuals with a crimial record ad psychiatric disabilities, implemetig service compoets foud withi the Sequetial Itercept Model. Erie ad Ottawa couties will pla for the establishmet of a /Specialized Docket. The program will provide better metal health services to a estimated 432-462 imates i both couties who have a serious metal illess ad for whom treatmet would provide a better dispositio tha icarceratio. They may cosider cosolidatig a metal health court with a existig drug court program. The mai collaborative structure will be the Advisory Coucil, which will cosist of represetative of the crimial justice system, the metal health system, ad cosumers ad advocates. Jackso will use the Strategic Itercept Model to develop targeted strategies to icrease the diversio of people with metal illesses from the crimial justice system. They will begi the plaig process by collectig data, both quatitative ad qualitative via iterviews. Stakeholders will the meet to examie ad aalyze the data i order to develop a program that will best suit their jurisdictioal eeds. Josephie will use the plaig grat to build cosesus ecessary to implemet a metal health court. The goals are 1) to improve collaboratio amog the adult crimial justice system, the juveile justice system ad the metal health system; 2) to better address the eeds of people with metal illess; ad 3) to icrease public safety ad promote positive outcomes for people with metal illesses. Michael Magai Kirk Halliday Cari Niebuhr Claire Sierra, MA TN of Johso ad Plaig Grat / Plaig Frotier Johso The overarchig goal of the Iteragecy Task Force is to implemet a itegrated, comprehesive, commuity- wide pla that will prepare the commuity to implemet a program based o the Sequetial Itercept Model. I additio to developig a pla, the Task Force aims to develop 1) a eeds assessmet protocol for both adult ad youthful offeders with metal illesses; 2) a protocol for a multi- discipliary treatmet pla team to aalyze the fidigs from screeig ad assessmets ad collateral iformatio to make recommedatios to the court; ad 3) a protocol for providig appropriate metal health treatmet to icarcerated idividuals. Sadi Fisher TN TX Rutherford Sheriff s Bexar Bexar Metal Plaig Voluteer Systems Ceter for Care Rutherford Sheriff's Bexar - at- Law Rutherford will use the plaig grat to develop a metal health court. The plaig process will 1) promote educatio aroud the crimializatio of people with metal illesses; 2) allow for traiig of key idividuals i the process of developmet of a ; ad 3) serve as a measure to promote treatmet for those idividuals with metal illesses i the commuity. Bexar will use its implemetatio ad expasio grat to develop a adult metal health court. The couty already has a jail diversio docket ad plas to fuel idividuals from the docket ito the metal health court. The team that will be resposible for the project has already met ad is idetifyig ways to operatioalize this trasfer of idividuals from the docket to the metal health court, ad is determiig how best to idetify people for the court program (some specific issues o iformatio systems have already bee flagged). The court will focus o o- violet misdemeaor offeses ad will be oe of may compoets of the couty's strategy to improve outcomes for justice- ivolved people with metal illesses. James Marti Alle Castro
TX TX VA WI Bexar Bexar Board Task Force Tarrat, Virgiia Crimial Racie, Huma Brief Strategic Family Therapy Commowealt h Cosortium for Metal /Crimi al Trasformatio Racie/Keosh a Bi- couty Plaig Plaig Plaig / / Plaig / Ceter for Care Sata Fe Adolescet, Metal Retardatio ad Substace Abuse NAMI Racie, NAMI Keosha Bexar Probatio Tarrat Crimial Racie Crimial Coordiatig Committee, Keosha Commuity Work Group The Bexar Task Force will create a pla to improve local policies ad practices relative to system- ivolved youth with metal illesses by 1) critically examiig existig approaches ad resources; 2) idetifyig gaps ad areas of eed; 3) reviewig best practices; ad 4) developig a profile of a target populatio. The Task Force will examie the juveile metal health court model ad plas to focus o system- ivolved girls with metal illesses as the iitial target populatio. Tarrat will icrease public safety by facilitatig collaboratio amog juveile justice, metal health ad substace abuse treatmet systems to expad itervetio services through the court- based early itervetio program, Deferred Prosecutio Probatio (DPP). Utilizig a evidece- based itervetio, Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT), the goal is to icrease successful completio of 100 DPP youth by divertig juveiles with metal health eeds ito commuity- based treatmet programs ad prevetig deeper peetratio of these youth ito the juveile justice system. This will be accomplished by meetig these objectives: 1) implemetig a evidece- based approach that addresses obstacles ad barriers that prevet youth from completig services; 2) ecouragig family participatio; 3) expeditig itervetio services to DPP youth with metal health eeds; ad 4) improvig likages ad workig relatioships of cross- system groups. The project seeks to develop ad dissemiate expertise amog local crimial justice ad metal health persoel sufficiet to eable each locality i Virgiia to implemet a program of jail diversio services ad improved jail metal health treatmet that is cosistet with the Sequetial Itercept Model. After completig a summary plaig report of recommeded jail diversio/jail metal health services goals for the Commowealth, as well as a pla for statewide traiig of Commuity Crimial Boards (CCJBs) o jail diversio approaches i all localities of the state, they will focus o providig traiig to each of the local CCJBs ad coductig a eeds ad resources assessmet. Jeaie Vo Stultz Ly Willis Da Catley The plaig process for Racie ad Keosha Couties will iclude a eeds ad resources assessmet of the curret systems used i the two Couties. This will idetify service gaps, weakesses, ad duplicatios, which will help them to pla more efficietly for the future. The process will also ivolve iput from stakeholders, icludig law eforcemet, the judiciary, district attoreys, public defeders, couty Jeifer Madore govermet officials, each couty s huma services departmets, the state departmet of correctios, ad metal health cosumers, as represeted by the Racie ad Keosha NAMI chapters. The process will also have a public educatio compoet.