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.
19 states were recently granted permission by CMS to reimburse critical reentry services with Medicaid funding for up…
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"It is the humane, person-centered approach that supports and stabilizes individuals, their families, and their communities."
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Congressional leaders are urging appropriations for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) and the Justice Reinvestment…
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A “Once in a Generation Opportunity” to Improve Reentry for Nearly 2 Million People
19 states were recently granted permission by CMS to reimburse critical reentry services with Medicaid funding for up to 5 years.
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Local Criminal Justice System Innovations in Mental Health Services: Q&A with CSG Justice Center Advisory Board Member Dr. Doreen Williams
"It is the humane, person-centered approach that supports and stabilizes individuals, their families, and their communities."
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Bipartisan House Coalition Backs Continued Funding for Key Public Safety and Mental Health Programs
Congressional leaders are urging appropriations for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) and the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI).
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Kansas Counties Pilot New “Stepping Up for Youth” Framework to Reduce Detention, Improve Behavioral Health Care
They adapted our adult-focused framework that has been implemented in over 500 counties across the country.
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