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CSG staff arrived on October 9th for a two-day in-person site visit with the University of Alabama's FAIR program regarding their FY21 and FY22 grant projects, SAFE and REACH. SAFE is a financial empowerment model that will be implemented and piloted with a mental health court population. REACH is focusing on implementing jail-based restoration with a focus on rural jails. Due to issues with the point-of-contact's travel and several meetings on the agenda not being set up, CSG staff engaged in virtual sessions with the grant team to accomplish portions of the agenda.

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.

Session 1 of this Community of Practice (CoP) provided pertinent information, guidance, and resources to better address race, gender, equity, and inclusion across law enforcement service delivery and responses directed toward people living with mental illnesses and co-occurring substance use disorders. This CoP was open to all current Connect & Protect Grantees and was supported by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Session 3 of the Reducing Housing Barriers to Jail Diversion Community of Practice focused on the role courts specialty courts and otherwise - can play in facilitating diversion from jail. The session included best practices for establishing a court diversion program and the key stakeholders to involve. Intervention models such as Intensive Case Management and jail diversion clinicians - available through courts and coordination with community providers were discussed as an integral part of diversion programming.

In this orientation webinar, CSG Justice Center and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) staff provided 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. Department of Justice; Aja C.

In this orientation webinar, CSG Justice Center and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) staff provided 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.

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.

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.

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.

In this orientation webinar, CSG Justice Center and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) staff provided 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.