How Counties Are Keeping People with Mental Illnesses Out of Jails and Improving Public Safety
The Stepping Up initiative works to address the overincarceration of people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders. This overview covers the purpose of the initiative, highlights to date, and what Stepping Up can offer to counties across the country.
Counties have increasingly prioritized addressing and eliminating inequities in the criminal justice and behavioral health systems in recent…
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Read MoreUnlike drug courts, which have been informed by national standards for 10 years, mental health courts (MHCs)…
Read MoreCounties have increasingly prioritized addressing and eliminating inequities in the criminal justice and behavioral health systems in recent years. But these pervasive inequities can be complex to understand and overwhelming to counties that are just starting to confront them.
Read More********This application deadline has passed******** With support from the…
Read MoreUnlike drug courts, which have been informed by national standards for…
Read MoreWith support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance, The Council of State Governments Justice Center is hosting a virtual Community of Practice (CoP) to aid agencies in learning how to preserve and strengthen the mental and physical wellbeing of their police-mental health collaboration (PMHC) staff. This CoP will be led by CSG Justice Center staff with featured presentations from former and current Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program grantees.
Read MoreOn March 9, 2024, President Joe Biden signed a $460 billion spending package for Fiscal Year 2024, allocating funding for multiple state and local justice system grant programs within the Department of Justice.
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