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Sacramento County Public Defender’s Office Uses Pretrial Program to Connect People with Mental Health Needs to Services and Support

Facing increasing numbers of people with mental health needs and co-occurring substance use disorders in the Sacramento County (CA) Jail, the Sacramento County Public Defender’s Office realized many of their clients would benefit from a...

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Apply Now to Join a Community of Practice on Police-Mental Health Collaboration Staff Wellness

With support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance, The Council of State Governments Justice Center is hosting a virtual Community of Practice (CoP) to aid agencies in...

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Building a Better Mental Health Court: New Hampshire Judicial Branch Establishes State Guidelines

Unlike drug courts, which have been informed by national standards for 10 years, mental health courts (MHCs) have developed without national guidance. This January, after receiving support from The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice...

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Apply Now for Short-Term, Free Police-Mental Health Collaboration Support in 2023

With support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance, The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center is offering free training and technical assistance (TA) to jurisdictions and...

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Looking Back at Five Years of a Federal Program Supporting County Justice Systems

The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) supports communities across the country in their work to address overrepresentation of people with behavioral health needs in the criminal justice system. For five years, between...

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Federal Agencies Convene Law Enforcement and Behavioral Health Leaders to Discuss Shared Opportunity of 988 

Community leaders around the country have heralded the arrival of 988—the 3-digit code for people to reach the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline—as an essential new resource to shift people in crisis toward appropriate...

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Site Snapshot: How Five Jurisdictions Are Rethinking Crisis Response with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Six months after the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) transitioned to a national 988 dialing code for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, call takers have directly connected hundreds of...

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Apply Now to Join a National Program for Criminal Justice and Mental Health Learning Sites

In partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center is seeking applicants to join the nationwide Criminal Justice-Mental...

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President Biden Signs Spending Bill Funding Key Criminal Justice Programs

On December 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package for Fiscal Year 2023. Among other administration priorities, the omnibus spending bill funds various state and local justice system grant...

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