As local communities work to tackle complex public health and safety problems, they encounter challenges that state leaders are best—and often exclusively—positioned to help them overcome. The CSG Justice Center has decades of experience bringing together stakeholders from different systems, sectors, levels of government, and communities to develop policies that draw on research from many fields, are practical for states and communities, and center the perspectives of people most impacted by these policies. A new tool aims to help state policymakers and staff from all three branches of government align health, justice, and housing policymaking to achieve public health and safety goals, including reducing the overrepresentation of people with behavioral health needs in local criminal justice systems.  

This webinar will elevate examples of states leading the way in facilitating creative solutions to keep people with behavioral health needs out of local justice systems, setting the stage for what’s possible when state and local leaders work together to tackle complex problems that no one system, sector, branch, or level of government can solve alone. Attendees will be introduced to the Aligning Health and Safety State Policy Tool, a new tool designed to assist state policymakers in identifying and implementing policies that enhance collaboration, streamline data collection and information sharing, and align funding mechanisms. 

The CSG Justice Center, with support from the Joyce Foundation, is now accepting applications for our upcoming Great Lakes Community Responder Program Learning Community! Communities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin who are exploring pathways to establish community responder programs and focused on using alternative approaches to assist community members in crisis are invited to apply. For more information, please join us on March 11 at 4:00 p.m. ET for office hours. To receive the link for these office hours or for additional information, please email Mari Bayer at mbayer@csg.org.

Applications close end of day, March 17, 2024.

This webinar will review the application process for the FY 2024 SCA Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program Solicitation. Attendees will learn how to successfully submit proposals that support cross-system collaboration between crisis and reentry systems. Additional guidance will be provided on aligning projects with the grant's goals of providing treatment, recovery, and other supportive reentry services to those with mental health and/or substance use disorders who are currently involved in the criminal or juvenile justice systems.  

This webinar will explore the application process for the FY24 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Solicitation. Panelists from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance and the CSG Justice Center will examine the grant requirements designed to strengthen collaboration between criminal justice and mental health systems. Organizations that are interested in improving public safety and the outcomes for adults with mental health conditions, especially those experiencing homelessness or living in marginalized communities, are encouraged to attend and apply. 

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