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The Justice Center’s Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project is an unprecedented, national effort to help local, state, and federal policymakers and criminal justice and mental health professionals improve the response to people with mental illnesses who come into contact with the criminal justice system.

The Justice Center is the technical assistance provider for the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program. This federal grant program is designed to increase public safety by facilitating collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, and mental health and substance use treatment systems and to improve outcomes for people with mental illnesses involved with the criminal justice system.

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The Justice Center maintains an interactive online database of collaborative criminal justice/mental health programs from across the country. Fill out a survey to add your program to the database. Browse hundreds of specialized law enforcement programs, mental health courts, and specialized corrections and community corrections programs. Network with program planners and administrators tackling similar issues.

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The landmark Consensus Project Report, which was written by Justice Center staff and representatives of leading criminal justice and mental health organizations, was released in June 2002.

The Justice Center, with the support of its funders and project partners, develops a range of practical, nonpartisan, and consensus-based publications informed by available evidence, for policymakers, practitioners, and others involved in improving the response to people with mental illnesses involved in the criminal justice system.

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The Justice Center also coordinates the Reentry Policy Council, a project to chart the safe and successful return of prisoners to the community, and the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, a data-driven strategy for policymakers to reduce spending on corrections, increase public safety, and improve conditions in the neighborhoods to which most people released from prison return.

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SAMHSA Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity for Juvenile Treatment Drug Courts

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for up to $26 million in grants to expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Juvenile Treatment Drug Courts.

Mar 24

Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare: Multi-System Integration Certificate Program for Public Sector Leaders

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) at Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute has announced its certification program, the 2010 Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare: Multi-System Integration Certificate Program for Public Sector Leaders.

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Daily Herald (IL) — McHenry County celebrates second mental health court graduation

1/27/10 — "The McHenry County mental health court allows nonviolent offenders whose mental illness plays a part in their unlawful behavior to seek treatment and live 18 to 24 months under the close scrutiny of a judge, prosecutors, probation officers and mental health advocates."

mlive.com (MI) — First wave of students graduate from judge's Juvenile Mental Health Court

1/25/10 — Genesee County Juvenile Mental Health Court program requires juvenile offenders with mental illness to have intensive probation, weekly check-ins, take their medication, attend school and work toward earning privileges.

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Webinar Archive: Individuals with Mental Illnesses in the Criminal Justice System: Addressing Both Criminogenic Risks and Mental Health Needs

Webinar Archive: Sharing Information to Improve Outcomes and Protect Privacy in the Juvenile Justice System

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Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare: Multi-System Integration Certificate Program for Public Sector Leaders

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