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.
Kati Habert | August 2020 | The Council of State Governments Justice Center
Program Director, Behavioral Health
Kati
Habert
manages
on-site
county
technical
assistance,
including
county
projects,
through
the
Stepping
Up
Initiative.
She
previously
worked
with
the
National
Reentry
Resource
Center
to
provide
policy
reviews
and
recommendations
to
state-
and
local-level
grantees
focused
on
reentry,
correctional
practices,
...
family
substance
addiction
treatment,
and
co-occurring
substance
addiction
and
mental
illness.
Prior
to
joining
the
CSG
Justice
Center,
she
worked
as
a
senior
associate
with
the
National
Association
of
Counties
providing
criminal
justice
technical
assistance
to
counties.
She
graduated
from
the
University
of
Maryland
with
a
BA
and
MA
in
criminology
and
criminal
justice.
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