In Focus: Implementing Mental Health Screening and Assessment
In Focus: Implementing Mental Health Screening and Assessment is a new brief from the Stepping Up partners designed to help counties identify the number of people booked into jails who have serious mental illnesses (SMI) and to better connect these individuals to treatment. Determining the number of people who have SMI in jails allows counties to develop or refine strategic plans that will have the greatest impact on addressing this population’s needs.
This brief is one of a series of companion products designed to provide counties with further guidance on how to apply the Reducing the Number of People with Mental Illnesses in Jail: Six Questions County Leaders Need to Ask framework.
During COVID-19, telehealth has become an essential practice to connect people to services from jails.
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How three counties have committed to improving their systems’ responses to “priority populations,” people who frequently and repeatedly…
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State and local justice systems faced unprecedented challenges in 2020. We look back at our year of creating…
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How Telehealth Connects People to Treatment During COVID-19
During COVID-19, telehealth has become an essential practice to connect people to services from jails.
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Site Snapshot: How Three Counties Are Serving High-Needs Populations
How three counties have committed to improving their systems’ responses to “priority populations,” people who frequently and repeatedly encounter law enforcement, jails, and emergency departments.
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Advancing Justice in a Year of Crisis: Our 2020 Annual Report
State and local justice systems faced unprecedented challenges in 2020. We look back at our year of creating successes in the midst of hardship and building consensus despite conflict.
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