Apply Now to Join the Aligning Health and Safety: State Policy Community of Practice

May 11, 2022

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The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center will host a four-session virtual Community of Practice (CoP) focused on the state’s role in supporting local efforts to reduce the number of people with behavioral health needs in the criminal justice system. State-level actions can help establish the building blocks for initiating or advancing this work, including collaboration structures, cross-system data collection and information sharing, and dedicated funding to strengthen care and supports. The State Policy CoP will bring together cross-system teams of high-level policy staff responsible for implementing complex, collaborative cross-systems efforts at the state level. The CoP will provide them with the frameworks, peer learning, and intensive one-to-one technical assistance to strengthen state policy infrastructure that is necessary for robust statewide efforts to improve outcomes for people with behavioral health needs and reduce overreliance on law enforcement, hospitals, and jails.

CoP SESSION DATES:

  • Thursday, June 23, 2022
  • Thursday, July 21, 2022
  • Thursday, August 18, 2022
  • Thursday, September 8, 2022

All sessions will take place 1:00–2:30 p.m. ET via Zoom web meeting.

Jurisdictions that are interested in participating should submit this application by Friday, June 10, 2022. A CSG Justice Center staff member will follow up with you by June 15, 2022.

If you have any questions, contact Katie Holihen at kholihen@csg.org.

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About the author


Katie Holihen 2022
Former Project Manager, Behavioral Health
Katie Holihen leads projects focused on cross-systems state policy and funding strategies to improve outcomes and reduce criminal justice system contact for people with behavioral health needs. Her areas of focus include crisis systems, funding and sustainability, and state-local collaboration.
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Prior to joining the CSG Justice Center, Katie was a grant analyst at the Cook County Public Defender’s Office in Chicago. She also led curriculum development for national police reform initiatives at the Center for Public Safety and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Katie has a BA in history and political science from Marquette University and an MSW from Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. 
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