Local Validation of the Public Safety Assessment (PSA) in Pennington County, South Dakota
This report presents the findings of a local validation of the Public Safety Assessment (PSA) as implemented in Pennington County, South Dakota.
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Understanding the Population of People with Frequent Jail Contact
This study examines disparities within the population of people with frequent jail contact and recommends strategies to reduce bookings, focusing on behavioral health and equity in justice systems.
Mapping Your Competence To Stand Trial Process: Key Questions to Decrease Waitlists and Length of Stay
This document provides key questions to help researchers and practitioners decrease waitlists and length …
Achieving Well-Being In Recovery: A Review Of Existing Measures
Achieving Well-Being in Recovery: A Review Of Existing Measures sheds light on the measurement of wellness and well-being for individuals with mental health conditions, offering practical guidance for professionals in the field.
Trueblood Diversion Services Summit
Trueblood Diversion Services Summit highlights strategies to divert people with mental illness from the criminal legal system, and offers practical guidance and recommendations for vested partners and service providers.
Guidelines for the Successful Transition of People with Behavioral Health Disorders from Jail and Prison
Guidelines for the Successful Transition of People with Behavioral Health Disorders from Jail and Prison assists behavioral health and criminal legal system professionals in supporting individuals with behavioral health issues transitioning from incarceration to the community.
From Planning to Practice: Insights From a Survey of Crisis Stabilization Centers
This resource examines the diverse approaches jurisdictions are taking to establish essential crisis stabilization centers.
Creating Data-Informed Strategies to Understand the Needs of People in Your Jail
This publication provides a comprehensive guide to creating data-informed strategies to understand and address the diverse needs of individuals in local jails.
Court Navigation Programs
This Compendium provides an overview of 18 court navigation programs operating in 22 states across the United States.
Learning for Collective Impact
Guide to Developing and Revising Suicide Prevention Protocols for Youth in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System
Screening and Assessment for Suicide Prevention: Tools and Procedures for Risk Identification among Juvenile Justice Youth
Suicidal Ideation and Behavior among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: A Review of the Literature
Avoiding Initiative Fatigue in School Responder Model Implementation
Tips for School Administrators: Leveraging Existing Resources to Support School Responder Model Implementation
Strengthening Our Future: Key Elements to Developing a Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Diversion Program for Youth with Behavioral Health Conditions
Self-Care and Wellness: An Important Focus for Staff Implementing a School Responder Model
Fostering Family Engagement in the School Responder Model
What Happened to Defunding?
Engage, Involve, Empower: Family Engagement in Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts
Juvenile Justice Diversion for American Indian Youth
Developing Service Delivery Systems for Evaluations of Juveniles’ Competence to Stand Trial: A Guide for States and Counties
Breaking the School to Prison Pipeline—The School-Based Diversion Initiative for Youth with Mental Disorders
Strengthening School-Family Community Partnerships Through the School Responder Model
Juvenile Diversion Guidebook
Improving Diversion Policies and Programs for Justice-Involved Youth with Co-occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Providing and Receiving Technical Assistance: Lessons From Models for Change
Preventing Suicide: Working With Youth Who Are Justice Involved
Preventing Juvenile Suicide Through Improved Collaboration: Strategies for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Agencies
Law Enforcement-Based Diversion: Strategic Innovations from the Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Action Network
Workforce Development: Strategic Innovations from the Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Action Network
School-Based Diversion: Strategic Innovations from the Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Action Network
Family Engagement and Involvement: Strategic Innovations from the Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Action Network
Intake-Based Diversion: Strategic Innovations from the Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Action Network
Intake-Based Diversion: Strategic Innovations from the Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Action Network explores probation intake …
A Primer for Mental Health Practitioners Working With Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System
Augmenting Restorative Approaches with Behavioral Health Supports in School
Children’s Behavioral Health and Implementation of the School Responder Model
The Intersection Between the School Responder Model Framework and Special Education Law
Family Resources Inventory: An Overview of Resources for Family, Youth, and Staff
Systems of Care Programs That Serve Youth Involved With the Juvenile Justice System: Funding and Sustainability
Successfully Collaborating With the Juvenile Justice System
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Youth in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System in System of Care Communities
Sustaining Change: A Models for Change Guidebook
Advances and Innovations Emerging from the Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Action Network: 2009 Update
Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations for Juvenile Drug Courts
Mental Health Screening within Juvenile Justice: The Next Frontier
Trauma Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Critical Issues and New Directions
Better Solutions for Youth with Mental Health Needs in the Juvenile Justice System
Diverting Youth at Probation Intake: The Front-End Diversion Initiative
Diverting Youth at Probation Intake: The Front-End Diversion Initiative addresses the growing body of …
New Directions to Effectively Address Co-Occurring Mental Disorders
Providing Effective Treatment for Youth with Co-Occurring Disorders
Policy Statement on Indiscriminate Shackling of Juveniles in Court
Opportunities to Pursue Trauma-Related Work in the Every Student Succeeds Act: A Product of the Defending Childhood State Policy Initiative
Guidance for Trauma Screening in Schools: A Product of the Defending Childhood State Policy Initiative
Blueprint for Change: Funding Mental Health Services for Youth in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System
Blueprint for Change: A Comprehensive Model for the Identification and Treatment of Youth with Mental Health Needs in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System
Youth With Mental Health Disorders in the Juvenile Justice System: Results From a Multi-State Prevalence Study
A Blueprint for Change: Improving the System Response to Youth With Mental Health Needs Involved With the Juvenile Justice System
Juvenile Mental Health Courts: An Emerging Strategy
Juvenile Diversion: Programs for Justice-Involved Youth with Mental Health Disorders
Adolescent Girls with Mental Health Disorders Involved with the Juvenile Justice System
Screening and Assessing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
Involving Families of Youth Who Are in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System
Funding Mental Health Services for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Challenges and Opportunities
Practical Advice on Jail Diversion
SOAR for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Connecting Unaccompanied Youth Experiencing Homelessness to Social Security Disability Benefits
City & County Leadership to Reduce the Use of Jails: Engaging Peers in Jail Use Reduction Strategies
SOAR Works for Individuals Involved in the Criminal Justice System
Maximizing Income for Rapid Rehousing Participants During COVID-19
HHRC Overview
Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings
Principles of Community-Based Behavioral Health Services for Justice-Involved Individuals: A Research-Based Guide
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in the Criminal Justice System: Brief Guidance to the States
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is the use of Food and Drug Administration-approved medication for the …
Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT): A Service Delivery Model for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness Involved With the Criminal Justice System
Forensic assertive community treatment (FACT) is a service delivery model intended for individuals with …
Medication-Assisted Treatment Inside Correctional Facilities
After Incarceration: A Guide to Helping Women Reenter the Community
Quick Fixes for Effectively Dealing With Persons Found Incompetent to Stand Trial
Learning About Us, Learning to Help Us
Getting Inside the Black Box: Understanding How Jail Diversion Works
Release to What? Behavioral Health-Based Strategies to Address COVID-19
Best Practices for Creating a Mentally Healthy Workplace
Responding to Individuals in Behavioral Health Crisis via Co-Responder Models
Cities and counties across the country are increasingly adopting promising co-responder models to improve how they engage with people experiencing behavioral health crises.