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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…
Co-Occurring Substance Use, Housing, Law Enforcement, Mental Health
Spotlight on JMHCP: Fayette County, Texas
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…
Correctional Facilities, Courts, Law Enforcement, Mental Health
Washtenaw, Mich., Grantee Uses JMHCP Expansion Funds to Improve Trauma Services
After arrest and during her jail stay, Mary became involved in a therapeutic trauma group operated by the Washtenaw, Mich., Justice Project Outreach Team (JPORT), a current Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) expansion…
Co-Occurring Substance Use, Correctional Facilities, Law Enforcement, Mental Health
Spotlight on JMHCP: Deschutes County, Oregon
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 asks the practitioners in these…
Co-Occurring Substance Use, Courts, Law Enforcement, Mental Health
Spotlight on JMHCP: San Francisco
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 asks the practitioners in these…
Correctional Facilities, Mental Health
JMHCP Spotlight: Kalamazoo, Michigan
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…
Co-Occurring Substance Use, Courts, Mental Health
Hurricane Katrina and the Orleans Parish Mental Health Court
Just a few months ago, staff and case managers at the Orleans Parish Mental Health Court (MHC) were collecting outcome data and exploring ways to increase the court’s capacity beyond 100 participants. Today, using an…
Courts, Crisis Systems, Housing, Mental Health
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…
Correctional Facilities, Courts, Law Enforcement, Mental Health