Behavioral Health Crisis and Diversion from the Criminal Justice ...

Involvement in the criminal justice system compounds the challenges faced by people with behavioral health issues, interrupting their access to benefits,.

The Nexus Between Jail Diversion and Crisis Services

Develop inventory tool/database and track Forensic Peer Specialists specifically working in the criminal justice/behavioral health/substance abuse field. • ...

Behavioral Health Diversion Interventions - CSG Justice Center

People who have mental illnesses and substance use disorders are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Indeed, the prevalence of people in jails ...

Collaborative Court and Community Diversion for Individuals with ...

A model behavioral health continuum of diversion will ensure that diversion alternatives are available and the alternatives meet the needs of ...

GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation

The GAINS Center focuses on expanding access to services for people with mental and/or substance use disorders who come into contact with ...

Delivering Behavioral Health | PMHC Toolkit

Known as high utilizers of emergency services, certain people with mental illnesses repeatedly cycle through the criminal justice and behavioral health care ...

Envisioning the Next Generation of Behavioral Health and Criminal ...

Post-booking diversion programs divert persons with SMI to mental health treatment after the individual has undergone processing within the justice system. This ...

Knowledge Lab Responses to People with Mental Health Conditions

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) · Co-Responder Team · Mobile Crisis Team · Law Enforcement-Based Case Management Services · Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD).

Criminal Justice Diversion Programs for Justice-Involved Adults with ...

Housing authorities and other social services may have a role to play as well. Crisis Response Services within Community Mental Health Systems and Local Law ...

Behavioral Health Crisis Response Landscape Analysis

The Crime and Justice Institute (CJI), a division of Community Resources for Justice, bridges the gap between research and practice with data- driven solutions ...

Behavioral Health Diversion Interventions: Moving from Individual ...

The brief was also prompted, and guided, through work with Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program grantees. Sheila Tillman, Sarah Wurzburg, and Hallie ...

Criminalization of People with Mental Illness | NAMI

The criminal justice system is ill-equipped to meet the complex needs of people with mental illness. We need a mental health response to people experiencing ...

About Criminal and Juvenile Justice | SAMHSA

To reduce the human and fiscal cost and consequences of repeated arrests and incarceration for people with behavioral health issues, SAMHSA ...

Mental Health and Criminal Justice Issues

Mental Health and Criminal Justice Issues The increasing number of individuals with mental health and substance use conditions in the criminal justice ...

Updated guidance for judges on mental health diversion strategies ...

January 23, 2024 -- A revised Judges' Guide to Mental Health Diversion is now available to help judges promote and implement diversion strategies for ...

Mental Health Criminal Justice Diversion - Psychiatry Online

Justice diversion programs provide a critical strategy to limit this population's involvement in the criminal justice system and shift the focus to improving ...

Deflection: Police-Led Responses to Behavioral Health Challenges

Diversion is a criminal justice term for policies and practices related to those individuals who have already entered the justice system. In ...

Recommendations for Criminal Justice Behavioral Health Spending

Mental health courts serve as critical points for diversion and operate on the premise that individuals with mental health needs can benefit more from treatment ...

HMA Framework Examines Behavioral Health Crisis Diversion ...

The framework includes a report, Behavioral Health Crisis and Diversion from the Criminal Justice System: A Model for Effective Community ...

Mental Health Courts

Community coalitions - The development of community coalitions, including partnerships between criminal justice, mental health and substance abuse treatment ...