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Alamance County (NC) ‘Steps Up’ to Reduce Number of People with Mental Illnesses in Jail
In his four decades in law enforcement Kirk Puckett, director of community relations for the Alamance County, North Carolina Sheriff’s Department, has seen a sea change in the way that police interact with people who...
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Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2019 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill
Funding bill provides greater investment in programs that increase public safety and reduce recidivism. The Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved the fiscal year 2019 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill, which provides $30.7 billion for...
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Watch: Stepping Up–Collecting Data to Drive Change
Stepping Up recently premiered an animated video describing how counties can collect accurate, accessible data on the number of people entering their jails who have mental illnesses, a critical first step for making measurable...
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Outagamie Mental Health Court Celebrates Six Years of Cross-System Collaboration Benefitting Participants, Community
By the time Beth was sentenced to one month in the Outagamie County (WI) Jail in January 2016, she had been cycling in and out of the system for more than 12 years. Most of...
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Stepping Up Initiative Expands Push for Counties to Collect Data on Number of People in Jails Who Have Mental Illnesses
The Stepping Up initiative launched a national effort today to help counties collect accurate, accessible data on the number of people entering their jails who have mental illnesses. As part of the effort, seven...
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‘Stepping Up’ Findings to Drive Dauphin County Efforts to Reduce Number of People in Jail Who Have Mental Illnesses
The Dauphin County Board of Commissioners endorsed a comprehensive plan today that provides concrete steps for the county to take to help reduce the number of people who have serious mental illnesses (SMI) in the...
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Baltimore County to Further Improve Crisis Response System Based on Independent Assessment
The Baltimore County, Maryland, county executive released a report today that provides recommendations for the county to better position its police-mental health collaboration (PMHC), the Baltimore County Crisis Response System (BCCRS), to provide an...
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Implementation and Expansion Guide for JMHCP Law Enforcement Grantees
This guide from the CSG Justice Center is intended to support recipients of Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) grants administered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. It is not...
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From “What If” to Real Results: U.S. Police Departments Explore Innovative, Collaborative Ways to Address Growing Mental Health Crisis
“What if when somebody calls 911 and says, ‘I want to kill myself,’ we had somebody who was a suicide counselor and we could transfer that call to them,” asked Lieutenant Brian Bixler of the...
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