Minnesota
Minnesota Initiatives
In partnership with Minnesota state leaders, the CSG Justice Center is working on several key criminal justice initiatives to increase public safety, including Stepping Up.

The latest COVID-19 developments and resources for governments officials.
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In May 2023, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a sweeping public safety…
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s one of the first points of contact in the criminal justice…
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The Minnesota Governor’s Council on Justice Reinvestment met for the fifth…
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The Minnesota Governor’s Council on Justice Reinvestment met for the fourth…
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Each year, roughly two million people with serious mental illnesses are admitted…
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Our criminal justice system is predicated on the idea that accountability is…
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A quick look at legislative efforts in states on law enforcement-related issues.
Read MoreThe Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), administered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice…
Read MoreThe Stepping Up partners have released a new resource, the Set, Measure, Achieve Progress Survey, for counties interested…
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The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), administered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance with technical assistance from the CSG Justice Center, facilitates collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, and mental health and substance use treatment systems to better serve people with mental illnesses and increase public safety.
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The Stepping Up partners have released a new resource, the Set, Measure, Achieve Progress Survey, for counties interested in tracking and sharing progress toward their goals for Set, Measure, Achieve, the Stepping Up initiative’s latest call to action.
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Counties have increasingly prioritized addressing and eliminating inequities in the criminal justice and behavioral health systems in recent years. But these pervasive inequities can be complex to understand and overwhelming to counties that are just starting to confront them.
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