Crisis Response
To reduce overreliance on police officers—particularly as first responders to people in behavioral health crisis—many communities are expanding their crisis response options. These responses are best implemented as part of a larger comprehensive, coordinated system, informed by community crisis data, and led by a diverse group of community stakeholders. Our team works with jurisdictions across the country that are serving as laboratories for innovation to ensure that behavioral health crises receive the appropriate response.
Corrections agencies are grappling with a unique combination of public safety challenges, including stubborn rates of recidivism and…
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Key Staff
Ayesha Delany-Brumsey
Director, Behavioral Health
Dr.
Ayesha
Delany-Brumsey
oversees
the
Behavioral
Health
Division
and
its
various
portfolios,
which
focus
on
how
parts
of
the
criminal
justice
system
intersect
with
the
mental
health,
substance
addiction,
and
homelessness
systems,
among
others.
Before
joining
the
organization,
Ayesha
was
...
most
recently
the
director
of
Behavioral
Health
Research
and
Programming
at
the
Mayor’s
Office
of
Criminal
Justice
in
New
York
City.
Prior
to
that,
she
was
the
director
of
the
Substance
Use
and
Mental
Health
program
at
the
Vera
Institute.
She
received
her
PhD
in
clinical
psychology
from
the
University
of
California,
Los
Angeles.
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Hallie Fader-Towe
Deputy Division Director, Behavioral Health
Hallie
Fader-Towe
works
with
local
and
state
policymakers
to
craft
policies,
processes,
and
programs
that
will
work
best
for
their
jurisdictions.
In
her
positions
with
the
CSG
Justice
Center,
she
has
worked
with
jurisdictions
around
the
country
on
collaborative,
data-driven
...
planning
and
implementation
efforts
to
address
criminal
justice
functions
from
initial
detention
through
reentry,
including
a
focus
on
people
with
mental
illnesses.
She
has
also
managed
the
development
of
training
materials
on
mental
health
courts
and
on
judicial
responses
to
the
prevalence
of
individuals
with
mental
illnesses
involved
with
the
criminal
justice
system.
She
has
written
on
dispute
systems
design
for
state
trial
courts,
pretrial
responses
to
people
with
mental
illnesses,
information
sharing
between
criminal
justice
and
mental
health
systems,
and
mental
health
court
design
and
implementation.
Before
joining
the
CSG
Justice
Center,
she
was
a
management
consultant
with
McKinsey
&
Company
in
New
York.
Hallie
received
a
BA
from
Brown
University
and
a
JD
from
Harvard
Law
School.
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Risë Haneberg
Deputy Division Director, Behavioral Health
Risë
Haneberg
serves
as
Deputy
Division
Director,
Behavioral
Health
Division,
for
the
Council
of
State
Governments
Justice
Center.
In
this
role
Risë
leads
the
Stepping
Up
Initiative,
the
national
effort
to
reduce
the
number
of
people
with
mental
illnesses
in
...
the
justice
system
with
partners
National
Association
of
Counties
(NACo)
and
the
American
Psychiatric
Foundation
(APAF).
Additionally,
Risë
provides
oversight
to
county
systems
improvement
projects
and
technical
assistance
to
Justice
and
Mental
Health
Collaboration
Program
(JMHCP)
grantee
sites.
Before
joining
the
CSG
Justice
Center,
Risë
served
as
the
criminal
justice
coordinator
for
Johnson
County,
Kansas,
from
2008
to
2014.
Risë
previously
served
as
the
chief
court
service
officer
in
Johnson
County
and
began
her
career
in
criminal
justice
as
a
juvenile
probation
officer
in
1979.
Risë
holds
a
BS
in
criminal
justice
from
Wichita
State
University
and
an
MA
in
public
administration
from
the
University
of
Kansas.
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