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. It is not intended to serve as a step-by-step blueprint, but rather to foster discussion on best practices, identify considerations for collaborative efforts, and help programs work through key decisions and implementation challenges. The guide is divided into seven sections, each with assessment questions, exercises, and discussion prompts. Although the guide was developed as a tool for JMHCP grantees, the exercises and supporting resources may be helpful for other collaborative criminal justice and mental health programs.
This guide is tailored to JMHCP Category 3: Implementation and Expansion grantees. Please note that separate guides have been created for JMHCP Category 1: Collaborative County Approaches to Reducing the Prevalence of Individuals with Mental Disorders in Jail grantees; JMHCP Category 2: Strategic Planning for Law Enforcement and Mental Health Collaboration grantees; and for JMHCP Category 3 grantees that are implementing a police-mental health collaboration program.
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