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Spotlight on Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Each month, the Justice Center spotlights collaborative criminal justice/mental health initiatives that have received funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP). Justice Center staff members ask the practitioners...
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Spotlight on JMHCP: Beaver County, Pa. (Planning)
Each month the Justice Center spotlights collaborative criminal justice/mental health initiatives that have received funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP). Justice Center staff members ask the practitioners...
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Spotlight on JMHCP: Site Visits to Macon and Logan Counties, Illinois
On October 28 and 29, 2010, the Council of State Governments Justice Center conducted technical assistance site visits to FY2010 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) Planning Grant recipients in Illinois’s Macon and Logan...
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JMHCP Success Story: Ohio Grant Program Helps Participant Get Clean and Avoid Crime
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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JMHCP Success Story: CIT and Outreach Program Work Together to Help Young Man and His Family
The Council of State Governments Justice Center—which coordinates the Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project—has been collecting stories that will be published monthly about individuals whose lives have improved as a result of their involvement in...
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Legislative Roundup: State Governments Tackle Mental Health and Criminal Justice Issues
From a new court rule in Idaho that expands the reach of mental health courts to enhanced mental health training requirements for police officers in Indiana and Oklahoma, state legislatures across the country continued to...
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