In Support of Maximum Diversion of Persons with Serious Mental ...

Mental Health America (MHA) supports maximum diversion from the criminal justice system for all persons accused of crimes for whom mental health or ...

Mental Health Courts

Maximum diversion - Pre-booking diversion should be assured for all persons accused of crimes for whom a voluntary mental health treatment plan is a reasonable ...

Q & A Professionally Accepted Standards for Prison/Jail Diversion ...

Mental Health America, Position Statement 52: In Support of Maximum Diversion of Persons with Serious Mental Illness from the Criminal Justice System. 23.

Jail Diversion for Persons with Serious Mental Illness Coordinated ...

Persons with serious mental illnesses (SMI) are involved in the criminal justice system at a disproportionately higher rate than the general population. While ...

Intercept 4: ReEntry - SAMHSA

Provides transition planning and support to people with mental and substance use disorders who are returning back to the community after ...

Public policy and limits of diversion programs for reducing jail ...

Expanding inclusion criteria is necessary if diversion is to significantly affect incarceration rates among persons with mental illnesses.

Identifying Needs Related to Managing Seriously Mentally Ill ...

CIT comprises specialized, police-led, pre-booking jail diversion responses to individuals with mental illness. The goals are to reduce ...

APPROACHES TO EARLY JAIL DIVERSION: COLLABORATIONS ...

People with behavioral health conditions such as serious mental illness (SMI) and substance use disorders (SUDs), including opioid use disorder ...

Practical Advice on Jail Diversion - Policy Research Associates

Practical Advice on Jail Diversion—5. User Guide. Responding to fragmentation in service delivery for people with serious mental illness, the. President's New ...

Long-Term Solutions to the Overincarceration of People With Mental ...

Individuals with mental health disabilities are 16 times more likely to die from an interaction with law enforcement than the general population ...

JAIL DIVERSION AND CRISIS SERVICES

... people with serious mental illness ... with local providers to support diversion for those individuals in need of treatment and behavioral health services.

Diversion to What Essential Services

... greatest needs. • ACT teams help people with ... homeless individuals with serious mental illness receiving supported housing demonstrated.

Principles of Community-based Behavioral Health Services for ...

resources, and partnerships to support the diversion of people with mental illness or co-occurring mental ... Peer support among persons with severe mental ...

Assessing the Effectiveness of Jail Diversion Programs for Persons ...

In recent years, jail diversion programs for people with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders have received ...

Understanding diversion programmes as an intervention for women ...

Diversion programmes are initiatives designed to divert people with pre-existing mental illness from the criminal justice system into mental health services.

Locking up People with Mental Health Conditions Doesn't Make ...

It offers permanent supportive housing and intensive clinical support to people with serious mental health needs accused of crimes in lieu of ...

The Criminal Justice Outcomes of Jail Diversion Programs for ...

Mental health diversion programs provide treatment-based alternatives to criminal sanctions for persons with serious mental illness who have come into conflict ...

Action Item 2 Ensure that a range of behavioral health treatment and ...

Prioritizing resources for people who have the most serious behavioral health conditions and who are at the highest risk of reoffending and integrating services ...

Working with People with Mental Illness Involved in the Criminal ...

Delmar, NY: Technical Assistance and Policy Analysis Center for Jail Diversion. ... More serious charges - Persons with mental illness will often be charged with ...

Mental Health | Prison Policy Initiative

U.S. prisons and jails incarcerate a disproportionate amount of people who have a current or past mental health problem, and facilities are not ...