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New Handbook Offers Resources, Tips for Leading Mental Health Court Training
The CSG Justice Center’s Handbook for Facilitators is a companion resource to Developing a Mental Health Court: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum, a free online multimedia...
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Legislative Round Up: State Governments Tackle Mental Health and Criminal Justice Issues
Legislative Round Up: State Governments Tackle Mental Health and Criminal Justice Issues State governments across the country are engaged in a wide range of legislative and budgetary efforts to improve the response to individuals with...
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JMHCP Success Story: Crittenden County, Arkansas Program Improves Client’s Life
The Council of State Governments Justice Center — which coordinates the Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project — has been collecting stories about individuals whose lives have improved as a result of their involvement...
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Technical Assistance Available from Madison (WI) Police Department
“Madison Police Department has represented excellence in community policing for many years, and their clear commitment to serving people with mental illnesses and those in crisis is a natural extension of this philosophy. As a...
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Loudoun Friends of Mental Health honors seven at annual awards
LoudounTimes.com By Crystal Owens It’s been more than a year since 17 individuals graduated from the first ever Crisis Intervention Team training in Loudoun County. The group, comprised of members of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s...
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Congressional Staff Briefed on Law Enforcement Responses to People with Mental Illnesses
Washington, D.C. — Law enforcement officials, judicial leaders, and behavioral health experts came together on March 6 to brief Congressional staff on the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA) and the collaborative...
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Florida Technical Assistance Center Analyzing Criminal Justice and Mental Health Data in Novel Ways
The number of people entering the criminal justice system with serious mental illnesses has steadily increased over the years. Criminal justice staff, however, often do not know if these individuals have ever received behavioral health...
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MentalHealth.gov Launched
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the launch of MentalHealth.gov, an online resource about mental health. This website provides information about the signs of mental illness, how individuals...
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CSG Justice Center Resource Spotlight
Developing a Mental Health Court: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Introduction to Behavioral Health Developing a Mental Health Court is a free multimedia curriculum with the information teams need to plan, implement, sustain, or simply learn about...
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