INSIDE: New Medicaid Opportunities, Police-Mental Health Collaboration Support
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July 2023 | Edited by Kevin Dugan
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The latest news, events, and resources detailing the intersection between the behavioral health and criminal justice systems. | |
From Corrections to Community: Navigating the New Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Opportunity, Part 1 | | |
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Apply Now for Short-Term, Free Police-Mental Health Collaboration Support
The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and the U.S. Department of Justice Program's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) are offering free intensive training and technical assistance focused on improving law enforcement data collection processes to enhance police-mental health collaborations across the country. This assistance can include online training, consultation with subject matter experts, policy review, and peer connections. Applications are due by July 10, 2023.
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How States are Using Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics to Address Mental Health and Substance Use Needs in the Justice System
A growing number of states are moving to implement the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model through a state plan amendment or Medicaid waiver, and individual community mental health and substance use services organizations continue to seek funding through Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA)-funded CCBHC Expansion Grants. This brief outlines the model and explains how states are using it to support people with behavioral health needs in the criminal justice system.
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Improving Police and Mental Health Partnerships for Youth in Crisis | |
One Size Does Not Fit All: Developing Community-Specific Crisis Response | |
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📅 July 12, 2023
⏰ 2:00–3:30 p.m. ET
BJA and CSG Justice Center
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📅 July 13, 2023
⏰ 1:00–2:15 p.m. ET
Justice Clearinghouse
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Using Responsivity Principles to Attain Better Results for People with Behavioral Health Needs in the Justice System | |
From Corrections to Community: Navigating the New Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Opportunity, Part 1 | |
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📅 July 13, 2023
⏰ 2:00–3:30 p.m. ET
BJA and CSG Justice Center
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📅 July 19, 2023
⏰ 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
BJA and CSG Justice Center
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Advocating for Your Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court | |
Beyond Checking the Box: Ensuring Your Crisis Response Grows and Thrives within Your Community | |
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📅 July 20, 2023
⏰ 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Tribal Youth Resource Center
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📅 July 27, 2023
⏰ 1:00–2:15 p.m. ET
Justice Clearinghouse
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Opioid Affected Youth Initiative Series: Harm Reduction | |
Restorative Justice for Judges | |
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📅 August 8, 2023
⏰ 1:00–3:00 p.m. ET
OJJDP
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📅 August 30, 2023
⏰ 3:00–4:30 p.m. ET
BJA
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The Magic Decoder Ring: How Criminal Justice Can Work Better with Therapists and Psychologists in Youth and Family Cases | |
Defense Attorney Practitioner Training | |
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📅 September 12, 2023
⏰ 1:00–2:15 p.m. ET
Justice Clearinghouse
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📅 September 19–22, 2023
📍 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
National Drug Court Institute
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Anne Larsen Receives the Evan Ferber Peacemaker Award
The Journal of Olympia, Lacey & Tumwater—Washington
Editor’s note: This article highlights Anne Larsen, a CSG Justice Center behavioral health program manager, whose work focuses on crisis response initiatives and community responder programs.
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Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Selected to Work with National Agency to Improve Mental Health Care for Veterans
Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Press Release—Louisiana
Editor’s note: This article highlights a Stepping Up Innovator County.
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Every State Offers Victim Compensation. For the Longs and Other Black Families, It Often Isn’t Fair.
AP News—National
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Minnesota Lawmakers OK ‘Transformative’ Juvenile Justice Package
Star Tribune—Minnesota
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Opinion: To End the Age of Incarceration, Three Communities Pioneer a Developmental Approach
Youth Today—National
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D.C. Crisis Coalition Pushes for Improved Mental Health Crisis Response
The Washington Informer—Washington, D.C.
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A Trailblazer of Trauma Studies Asks What Victims Really Want
The New Yorker—National
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Opinion: Rest Is Radical—Self-Care for Lawyers
American Bar Association—National
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FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES | |
FOCUS ON: THE STRATEGY LAB SUPPORT | |
The Stepping Up Strategy Lab is an interactive library of programs, policies, and practices that jurisdictions across the country have implemented to help reduce the prevalence of people with mental illnesses in their jails. With these interventions in one place, Stepping Up planning teams can explore, identify, and pursue the strategies that are most likely to address local drivers of the problem. There are more than 100 site examples of interventions in the Strategy Lab, and the Stepping Up initiative is always looking for more examples.
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ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES, AND SUPPORT | |
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America's Opioid Ecosystem: How Leveraging System Interactions Can Help Curb Addiction, Overdose, and Other Harms
RAND Corporation
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Behavioral Health Conditions Reach Crisis Levels: Counties Urge Stronger Intergovernmental Partnerships and Outcomes
National Association of Counties
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Pursuing Housing Justice: Interventions for Impact
Urban Institute
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This project was supported by Grants No. 2019-MO-BX-K002 and 2019-MO-BX-K001 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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