A growing number of communities are implementing behavioral health diversion programs as alternatives to conventional criminal justice case processing and incarceration. However, these alternatives have often largely been kept to individual, or one-off, recognizable programs that may be insufficient for meeting the needs of that community. They also, sometimes, do not actually reduce the over-representation of people with behavioral health needs in the criminal justice system because they are not implemented with an understanding of the needs and gaps of the community.
This webinar describes key components to developing a systems-wide diversion strategy. It focuses on the fundamental agencies within the criminal justice system that can lead the implementation of diversion interventions, with the goal of diverting people with behavioral health needs from the justice system and into community-based treatment and support services. The webinar also features speakers from Fulton County, GA, who describe diversion interventions implemented in Fulton County and the city of Atlanta.
Speakers:
Kristin Stoycheff Schillig, Court Support Manager II, Office of the Court Administrator, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Superior Court of Fulton County
Moki Macias, Executive Director, Atlanta/Fulton County Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiative
Reinette Arnold, Community Collaborator, Behavioral Health Link
Sheila Tillman, Senior Policy Analyst, CSG Justice Center
- Turning One-Off Programs into System-Wide Behavioral Health Diversion Interventions [WEBINAR] ( Download)
- Effective Programs and Partnerships for Early Diversion ( Download)
- Advancing Prosecutor-led Behavioral Health Diversion [WEBINAR] ( Download)
- Using Data in Prosecutor-Led Behavioral Health Diversion ( Download)
- Federal Support for Behavioral Health and Justice Responses: Best Practices, Resources and Education ( Download)
- JMHCP: School Safety and Collaboration: Building a Behavioral Health and Justice Response [WEBINAR] ( Download)
- Youth Mental Health Diversion Project ( Download)
- FY2020 JMHCP Orientation Webinar Part 1 ( Download)
- Enhancing Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Partnerships Through Cross Training [WEBINAR] ( Download)
- Encounter, Enable, Engage: A Three-Step Strategy for Early Diversion – GAINS Center Webinar ( Download)
- Practical Considerations Related to Release and Sentencing for Defendants Who Have Behavior ( Download)
- Mental Health Jail Diversion Program ( Download)
- Prosecutorial Diversion Programming Collaboration: Early Intervention through Re-Entry ( Download)
- Man accused of driving into protesters placed in mental health diversion program, criminal case susp ( Download)
- Strengthening Collaboration Between the Behavioral Health and Juvenile Justice Systems to Im ( Download)
