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Planning and Implementation Guide for JMHCP Category 2 and Category 3 Grantees
This guide from The Council of State Governments 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....
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Planning and Implementation Guide for JMHCP Law Enforcement Grantees
This guide from The Council of State Governments 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....
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‘We Live It:’ People with Mental Illnesses in the Justice System Use Their Stories to Promote Local Change
Every day for three weeks in the winter of 2014, Jeremy Sorensen sat in the back of a room at the TLCS Clubhouse in Sacramento, CA, and pretended to sleep while group counseling sessions...
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President’s Budget Recommends Continued Funding for Second Chance Act, Justice Reinvestment Initiative, and Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
Today, President Obama unveiled his nearly $4 trillion budget proposal for 2016, which allocates $1.14 billion for state and local law enforcement assistance. The proposed budget provides $120 million in continued support for Second Chance...
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President’s Budget Recommends Continued Funding for Key Justice Programs
Today, President Obama unveiled his $4.23 trillion budget proposal for 2017, which allocates $29 billion for Department of Justice programs. The proposed budget provides $100 million in continued support for Second Chance Act (SCA) programs....
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JMHCP Spotlight: Winnebago County, Illinois
The Winnebago County (Ill.) Therapeutic Intervention Program is a pre- and post-booking program. The pre-booking component consists of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) law enforcement officers diverting individuals with mental illnesses to the mental health system...
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JMHCP Spotlight: Douglas County, Georgia
Project SAFE (Serving Adolescents and Families Effectively) is a diversion program targeting juveniles with behavioral health challenges between the ages of 13 and 17 who are charged with an offense and referred to the Douglas...
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JMHCP Spotlight: Cobb County, Georgia
The Learn to Earn Post-Release Project is focused on providing employment opportunities and improving functioning among justice-involved people with mental illnesses or co-occurring disorders. Additionally, the program demonstrates how stakeholders in urban areas can successfully...
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JMHCP Spotlight: Denver, Colorado
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). Center staff ask the practitioners in these...
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