Events
Past Events
Congressional Briefing: How Three Communities Are Supporting Mental Health and Decreasing Justice System Involvement Through JMHCP
Roughly two million times each year, people with serious mental illnesses are admitted to jails across the nation. About a third of these adults also have substance use issues. Once incarcerated, individuals with mental illnesses...
Correctional Facilities, Law Enforcement, Mental Health, Co-Occurring Substance Use
Using the Web-Based Self Assessment Tool and Technical Assistance Centers to Improve Police and Community Responses to People with Behavioral Health Needs
Hosted by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center with support from the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) A growing concern across the U.S. is how jurisdictions can improve their police...
Law Enforcement, Mental Health, Co-Occurring Substance Use
How Structural Racism, Disproportionate Incarceration, and COVID-19 are Affecting the Health of Communities of Color
COVID-19 has magnified the impact that structural racism and disproportionate incarceration have had on the health of communities of color. The conversation aims to provide important historical context about the relationship between racism, incarceration, and...
Correctional Facilities, Mental Health, Co-Occurring Substance Use
Data-Driven Justice and Stepping Up Initiative: Coordinating a System Response to 911 Dispatch
Improving crisis response with strategies that divert those with behavioral health needs to appropriate care has become a primary area of focus for both county and city law enforcement. Innovative dispatch strategies include co-responder models...
Correctional Facilities, Crisis Systems, Law Enforcement, Mental Health, Co-Occurring Substance Use
FY20 OJJDP Juvenile JMHCP TTA Grantee Orientation Zoom Part Two
Hosted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center In this webinar, CSG Justice Center staff focus on providing more context on the Justice...
Mental Health, Co-Occurring Substance Use
FY20 OJJDP Juvenile JMHCP TTA Grantee Orientation Webinar Part One
Hosted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center In this webinar, CSG Justice Center and OJJDP staff provide newly awarded juvenile justice grantees...
Mental Health, Co-Occurring Substance Use
FY20 JMHCP Purpose Area 1 Orientation Webinar
In this webinar, CSG Justice Center staff explain the training and technical assistance opportunities and resources available to FY20 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) Purpose Area 1 grantees.
Mental Health, Co-Occurring Substance Use
FY20 JMHCP Purpose Area 2 Orientation Webinar
Hosted by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center with funding support from the U.S Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) In this webinar, staff from BJA and the CSG Justice Center...
Mental Health, Co-Occurring Substance Use
FY20 JMHCP Orientation Webinar Part 2
Hosted by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) In this webinar, CSG Justice Center and BJA staff provide newly...
Mental Health, Co-Occurring Substance Use