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The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) will host part two of the fieldwide webinar series on the risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model. Building on the first session, which covered the 18 components of the expanded model, session two will focus on RNR with individuals who have behavioral health needs and how responsivity principles can help address those needs as well as criminogenic needs.

Altarum attended the NAPS conference in October 2023

In December, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, provide technical assistance (TA) to selected states, further brainstorm outreach strategies, apply new changes to language for TA requests, review self-assessment tool submissions, develop and update presentations for APPA virtual and in-person conference sessions, and identify project next steps.?

In November, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, provide technical assistance (TA) to selected states, further brainstorm outreach strategies, update language for TA requests, review self-assessment tool submissions, develop a one-pager for a BJA-funded event, and identify project next steps.?

In October, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, provide technical assistance (TA) to selected states, further develop outreach strategies, update language for rolling applications for TA, and identify project next steps.?

In September, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, provide technical assistance (TA) to selected states, further develop outreach strategies, update language for rolling applications for TA, present at conferences about the guidelines, and identify project next steps.??

In August, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, further develop outreach strategies, update language for rolling applications for technical assistance (TA), present at conferences about the guidelines, and identify project next steps.
TA applications for the national guidelines project will be available on a rolling basis. Edits are being finalized to the language and will be shared with BJA for updating.

In July, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, further develop outreach strategies, and update language to be used for rolling applications for technical assistance (TA). CSG Justice Center staff also submitted the draft of the presentation to be used at the APPA annual conference in August 2023 and identified project next steps.
CSG Justice Center staff reviewed self-assessment tool submissions and produced results pages for each past respondent, which the team will use for further outreach.

Analysis Area 1:?Facilitate a cross-system data match between DHHS and county jails to identify the overlapping population of people who have behavioral health challenges who move through local criminal justice systems and identify high utilizers of both systems. CSG Justice Center staff will conduct an in-depth descriptive analysis of the matched Medicaid claims data to provide information on trends in services accessed in the community by people incarcerated in each participating jail.

Analysis Area 1:?Facilitate a cross-system data match between DHHS and county jails to identify the overlapping population of people who have behavioral health challenges who move through local criminal justice systems and identify high utilizers of both systems. CSG Justice Center staff will conduct an in-depth descriptive analysis of the matched Medicaid claims data to provide information on trends in services accessed in the community by people incarcerated in each participating jail.