AHP assisted in the successful delivery of the session for the 2023 COSSAP National Forum: It Takes a Village…To Serve the People of St. Louis County, Minnesota.
Presenters:
Jennifer Swanson, MPA, COSSUP Program Coordinator, Recovery Alliance Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
Jessica Pete, Jail Administrator, St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department, Duluth, Minnesota
Sergeant Jason Ringdahl, St. Louis County Jail, Duluth, Minnesota
St. Louis County, Minnesota, created an innovative cross-system collaboration to support individuals experiencing substance misuse, co-occurring mental health issues, and barriers to social determinants of health. To better serve people incarcerated in St. Louis County, the St. Louis County Jail collaborates with community partners to build wraparound care in the jail setting and transitions upon reentry. Instead of jail staff providing all services, the St. Louis County Jail works with community partners. A local hospital system is contracted to provide medical systems within the jail, including medication for opioid use disorder treatment (both induction and continuation) and mental health services. The Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment, the only certified opioid treatment center within 200 miles, provides methadone treatment and peer navigation to ensure that people have access to social determinants of health upon reentry. Recovery Alliance Duluth, a community-based recovery community organization, provides peer recovery services to people in jail and upon reentry into the community. A probation liaison officer and a jail administrative sergeant are the core of a jail team that provides case management services to people screened for behavioral health issues on booking. Another probation officer liaison works closely between the jail and arraignment courts. In addition to these contracted collaborations, the jail team works with community partners, as needed, to get access to needed services while a person is in jail and on transition back into the community or to another institution.
Learning Objectives
1. Describe St. Louis County’s innovative cross-system collaboration to provide services for individuals with substance misuse, co-occurring mental health issues, and barriers to social determinants of health.
2. Assess the challenges and benefits to providing collaborative jail services.
3. Apply wraparound person-centered care to an underserved population.
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