Community-based organizations

    Field Wide Webinar: Transforming the Criminal Justice System with Peer Support

    People with lived experience in the criminal justice system and with behavioral health conditions are being hired more frequently in a variety of criminal justice settings. This is not surprising given that research shows peer support specialists have helped lower recidivism risk for program participants, increase participant engagement with treatment, court obligations, and other services, and increase individual reports of empowerment, motivation, and hopefulness.

    Field Wide Webinar: FY23 JMHCP and C & P New Grantee General Orientation Part 1: JMHCP and C & P Grant and TTA Overview

    In this webinar, CSG Justice Center and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) staff provided newly awarded grantees with an overview of BJA, the CSG Justice Center, behavioral health diversion and reentry strategies, the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), Connect & Protect (C & P), and training and technical (TTA) assistance. Staff also gave critical context about people with behavioral health needs in the criminal justice system.

    Field Wide Webinar: FY23 JMHCP and Connect & Protect Orientation Webinar Part 2: Budget, Grant Management, and Performance Measurement

    In this orientation webinar, CSG Justice Center and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) staff will provide newly awarded Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) and Connect & Protect grantees with an overview of BJA, the CSG Justice Center, the program budget, the JustGrants management system, and the performance measurement tool (PMT). Speakers included: Tammy Lovill, State Policy Advisor, JMHCP, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S.

    Field Wide Webinar: Addressing Americans with Disabilities Act Obligations and Access to Care in the Justice System

    In this webinar, participants received a brief overview of the Sequential Intercept Model, followed by a presentation on ADA requirements by the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. Attendees then heard from current JMHCP grantees who have successfully increased access to behavioral health services across the justice system intercepts.

    Field Wide Webinar: Engaging and Leveraging Community-Based Organizations in Your Crisis System

    Building a robust crisis system of care requires collaboration between multiple systems and stakeholders. Community-based organizations can enhance existing crisis systems by providing services, support, and lived experience to people in crisis. As the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is uniquely positioned to share the value of community-based organizations to support a coordinated community crisis response.

    Field Wide Webinar: Improving Police and Mental Health Partnerships for Youth in Crisis

    Law enforcement often respond to youth experiencing behavioral health crises as first responders to provide connections to emergency care. Unfortunately, law enforcement-only responses to youth in crisis can result in higher risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system and traumatization. Though trainings for law enforcement agencies on behavioral health crisis responses and trauma-informed care are increasing, many of them are not properly trained or do not have the resources available to effectively respond to the needs of youth in crisis.

    Webinar: Restorative Justice Reintegration and Reentry

    This webinar will introduce participants to restorative justice strategies to support reintegration following incarceration. It will correspond with the publication of a white paper on Restorative Reintegration by the National Center on Restorative Justice.

    NADCP Conference: Rise 24

    Since 1995, NADCP has convened the only national conference for treatment court professionals. Over the past 27 years, our numbers have grown to include a wide array of public health and public safety leaders working to expand treatment for people with substance use and mental health disorders who become involved in the legal system.

    What remains constant is the unparalleled education, networking, and fellowship enjoyed by every attendee!

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