State Agencies

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 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.

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.

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.

During this quarterly call with the Innovator Counties, teams from 15 counties were represented. The Stepping Up partners followed up on the "fireside chat" with a representative from the New York City Justice Peer Initiative during the last Innovator call to discuss Innovators' work with peers. The partners facilitated discussion about counties' current priorities, challenges, and successes. Common themes included challenges getting to and leveraging data and workforce challenges in behavioral health and justice systems.

During this quarterly call with the Innovator Counties, teams from 20 counties were represented. The Stepping Up partner organizations shared their proudest accomplishments and their challenges from this past year and discussed what they are looking forward to in 2024. The partners facilitated discussion among the counties following a parallel structure: counties shared their accomplishments and challenges over the past year and previewed what they're looking forward to next year.

This is a quarterly call for the law enforcement learning sites to discuss any operational issues or updates. Houston PD, Madison County, Bexar County, Miami Dade, Harris County, and Wichita all joined the call.

The LE-MH Learning Sites provide assistance to jurisdictions on the following topics: Case Management, Co-Response, CITs, Crisis Call Response, Crisis Call Diversion, Trainings, Funding, Info-Sharing, Data & Analysis, Policies & Procedures, Collaboration, Homeless Outreach Team, Substance Use, and Leadership.

The quarterly call for the Law Enforcement Mental Health (LEMH) learning sites was held on schedule and provided a space for representatives from each site to share what they have been working on, updates about their programming, and challenges that they could use perspective on. After each of the learning sites in attendance provided updates about their jurisdictions, the facilitator, Ethan, covered updates from the Council of State Governments side which included upcoming events that learning sites are invited to participate in or will be presenting during.

This drop in call was relatively uneventful, with most participants joining and not having specific questions for their peers or success stories to share. The host of the meeting did prompt the participants to discuss what they have been working on lately and heard about some site visits and a challenging situation that Wichita found themselves in where an emergency crisis worker was themselves in crisis and needed support. The group discussed their various practices for handling challenging internal mental health needs for officers, clinicians, or other crisis workers.