I would like any information/guidance you have regarding curriculum development, development of forensic peer worker types, which community partners and stakeholders I should involve in this process, and what other states are doing to successfully connect and streamline Peer services for persons that are justice-involved. Also, how to get criminal justice partners to buy-in and support this work, since any Peers in parts of Oregon are still unable to enter our jails, prisons, and state hospitals. There is also a huge intersection between Serious Mental Illness and carceral system involvement in Oregon, and I am trying to figure out how to include this in a curriculum we develop (how Peers can work with populations such as Aid and Assist, Civil Commitment, and folx under Psychiatric Security Review Board supervision). I've seen forensic peer curriculums in other states that are great, but they don't include much information on working with justice-involved folx with SMI.
Lack of forensic peer services infrastructure in Oregon. Forensic peer services are not defined in statute in Oregon, and we have no curriculums available.
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