Maria Fryer Policy Advisor, Correc0ons, Jus0ce and Mental Health Bureau of Jus0ce Assistance
Gerard Murphy & Cynthea Kimmelman-DeVries Council of State Governments Jus0ce Center
Maria Fryer Policy Advisor, Bureau of Jus0ce Assistance (BJA) Jerry Murphy Director, Law Enforcement Program, CSG Jus0ce Center Cynthea Kimmelman-DeVries Deputy Program Director, Behavioral Health Program, CSG Jus0ce Center
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Brief overview of JMHCP FY16 Solicita0on Law Enforcement Priority Considera0ons Overview of Specialized Police Responses Addi0onal Resources Ques0ons and Discussion
General JMHCP Applica>on/Solicita>on Webinar Conducted last week, April 13, 2016 for all interested applicants
hDps://csgjus>cecenter.org/mental-health/webinars/ responding-to-the-fy16-jus>ce-and-mental-healthcollabora>on-program-solicita>on/
Na0onal nonproďŹ t, nonpar>san membership associa0on of state government oďŹƒcials Represents all three branches of state government Provides prac>cal advice informed by the best available evidence
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FY 2016 Jus>ce and Mental Health Collabora>on Program Compe>>ve Grant Announcement Maria Fryer Policy Advisor, Correc0ons, Jus0ce and Mental Health
Overview of JMHCP • Increase public safety through innova0ve cross-system collabora0on for individuals with mental illness or cooccurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. • The JMHCP is authorized by the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduc0on Act (PL 108-414, here) and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduc0on Reauthoriza0on and Improvement Act (PL 110-416, here). 9
Overview of JMHCP Program Uses: • Providing appropriate services for system-involved individuals with mental illnesses. • Providing specialized training programs for criminal jus0ce and mental health personnel. • Improving law enforcement strategies to respond to individuals with mental illnesses. • Making available diversion op0ons such as mental health courts, alterna0ve prosecu0on and sentencing programs, pre-trial services, or other court-based programs. • Providing transi0onal services for those with mental illnesses who are incarcerated or reentering the community from a correc0onal ins0tu0on. 10
Review of Solicita>on The Fiscal Year 2016 solicita0on can be accessed at: haps://www.bja.gov/Funding/JMHCP16.pdf
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Review of Solicita>on: Grant Categories Category I: Collabora>ve County Approaches • Funding amount: $250,000 • Project period: 24 Months Category I grants will support: • a targeted analysis of the prevalence of people with mental disorders in local jails, • a review of exis0ng community resources, and • iden0fica0on and implementa0on of policy and prac0ce changes to minimize contact / deeper involvement in the criminal jus0ce system. 12
Review of Solicita>on: Grant Categories Category II: Planning & Implementa>on • Funding amount: $250,000 • Project period: 36 Months Category II applicants will complete an already-ini0ated strategic plan for the criminal jus0ce and mental health collabora0on program, and begin implementa0on of the plan during the project period.
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Review of Solicita>on: Grant Categories Category III: Expansion • Funding amount: $200,000 • Project period: 24 Months Category III applicants will expand upon or improve a wellestablished collabora0on plan. Applicants must clearly demonstrate an expansion to the current func0oning of an exis0ng program.
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Review of Solicita>on: Allowable Uses Category II & III: P&I and Expansion Grants A. Training for criminal jus0ce, mental health and substance use treatment personnel B. Enhancing access to community-based healthcare services and coverage C. Law Enforcement Responses – a priority considera>on D. Diversion and Alterna0ve Sentencing E. Correc0onal Facility Grants F. Community Supervision Strategies G. Case Management and Direct Services H. Program Evalua0on – a priority considera>on 15
Law Enforcement Priority Considera>ons Implemen0ng or expanding specialized law enforcement strategies that are tailored to the needs of people with mental disorders. This may include, but is not limited to, a combina0on of the following (see pg. 8 of FY16 Solicita5on for more informa5on):
• Developing specialized receiving or diversion centers • Developing or enhancing computerized informa0on systems • Developing or expanding law enforcement-mental health programs • Conduc0ng a local evalua0on 16
Developing specialized receiving or diversion centers For individuals in custody of law enforcement: • to assess for suicide risk and mental health or cooccurring mental health and substance use treatment needs • to refer to or provide appropriate evalua0on or treatment services.
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Developing or enhancing computerized informa>on systems Provide 0mely informa0on to law enforcement and other criminal jus0ce system personnel: • to improve the response to incidents involving people with mental disorders and co-occurring substance use disorders • to foster the systema0c analysis of incidents involving people with mental disorders and co-occurring substance use disorders. 18
Developing or expanding law enforcement-mental health programs In these programs, law enforcement and mental health professionals collaborate to make decisions that balance the needs of individuals with mental disorders with public safety. •  This may include: co-responder programs and crisis interven0on teams where teams respond to incidents involving individuals with mental disorders and/or co-occurring substance use disorders
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Evalua>on of Local Programs • Conduct local evalua0ons of exis0ng specialized response programs, such as crisis interven0on teams • Applicants are encouraged to consider a partnership with a local research organiza0on that can assist with data collec0on, performance measurement, and local evalua0on (see pg. 11 of FY2016 Solicita5on for more informa5on about Program Evalua5ons)
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Overview of Specialized Police Response (SPR) Programs Jerry Murphy Director, Law Enforcement Program Council of State Governments Jus0ce Center
Specialized Police Response Programs • Based in a law enforcement agency, with collabora>on with behavioral health service providers and community groups. • Programs designed and implemented to improve encounters involving individuals with a mental illness. • Officers are more prepared to appropriately handle mental health calls for service (CFS) that involve individuals with a mental illness • Officers have: • Knowledge of mental illnesses • Skills to de-escalate mental health crises 22
Specialized Police Response Program Goals • Prevent unnecessary incarcera0on and/or hospitaliza0on of individuals with a mental illness. • Provide alternate care in the least restric0ve environment through a coordinated and comprehensive system-wide approach. • Prevent the duplica0on of behavioral health services. • Facilitate the speedy return of police patrol units to patrol ac0vi0es. 23
Common Types of Specialized Police Responses (SPRs) • • • • •
Crisis Interven0on Team Co-Responder Team Mobile Crisis Team Case Management Law Enforcement Generalist
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Common Types of SPRs • Crisis Interven>on Team: Known as CIT and relies upon an agency designa0ng a group (approx.. 25% of patrol force) of self-selected officers with at least two years of experience who respond to as many mental health calls for service as possible, working with or relieving officers who do not have the CIT designa0on. The CIT model originated in the Memphis, TN Police Department and is therefore ojen called the Memphis Model. • Co-Responder Team: A specially trained officer and a mental health professional ride together in the same vehicle to respond to mental health calls for service. By drawing upon the combined exper0se of the officer and mental health professional, this team is able to link people with mental illnesses to appropriate services or provide other effec0ve and efficient responses. 25
Common Types of SPRs • Mobile Crisis Team: Mental health professionals respond, at the request of officers, to the scene of calls for services to help stabilize encounters and assume responsibility for securing mental health services for persons in mental health crisis. • Case Management: Officers carry a caseload of persons who have repeated interac0ons with law enforcement and work with them to develop specific solu0ons to reduce repeat interac0ons, ensure that they remain connected to mental health services and community resources, abide by treatment plans, and meet other responsibili0es such as work, school and training. This follow-up is done collabora0vely with mental health professionals, although the level of collabora0on varies by agency. 26
Common Types of SPRs • Law Enforcement Generalist: Law Enforcement Generalist: Law enforcement agencies provide all officers with extensive training in mental health knowledge and de-escala0on skills with the expecta0on that all officers, rather than specialist, are capable of responding effec0vely to persons in mental health crisis or experiencing other mental health problems.
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Current LE Grantees Loca>ons FY 13 Grantee
Loca>on City of Bend OR Boston MA Delaware County IN El Dorado County CA Kansas City KS Johnson County KS St. Paul MN
FY14 Grantee City of Chicago City of Joplin City of San Marcos City of Somerville Clermont County Osceola County Rutherford County
Loca>on IL MO TX MA OH FL NC 28
Current LE Grantees Loca>ons
FY15 Grantee
Loca>on City of Burbank CA City of Charloae NC Houston TX City of Cleveland OH City of St. Helens OR Lake County FL Columbus OH Oklahoma City OK Jones County MS Rockingham County VA St. Louis County MO Town of Windsor CT City of Albuquerque NM
Examples of Current Grantees Ini>a>ves • • • • • • • •
Case Management Teams Crisis Interven0on Teams Crisis Interven0on Training Crisis Interven0on Training (Correc0ons) Co-Responder Teams Data Collec0on and Tracking Follow-up Teams Jail Diversion
• 9-1-1 Diversion • Mental Health Court • Mental Health Evalua0on Team • Mental Health Response Teams • Mobile Crisis Team • Mental Health Response Team • Triage Center
Resources
FY2016 Solicita>on: haps://www.bja.gov/Funding/JMHCP16.pdf General JMHCP Applica>on/Solicita>on Webinar Conducted last week, April 13, 2016 for all interested applicants
hDps://csgjus>cecenter.org/mental-health/webinars/ responding-to-the-fy16-jus>ce-and-mental-healthcollabora>on-program-solicita>on/ Planning and Implementa>on Guides: An excellent resource to assist in outlining the scope and deliverables of your proposals.
haps://csgjus0cecenter.org/mental-health/technicalassistance/
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Resources Informa>on on JMHCP: haps://www.bja.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?Program_ID=66 OCFO Customer Service: 888-549-9901 (op0on 2): An excellent resource to assist in developing your budget worksheet
BJA Grant Wri>ng Manual: haps://www.bja.gov/gwma/index.html Council of State Governments Jus>ce Center: hap://csgjus0cecenter.org/ 32
Ques>ons • For assistance with any requirement of this solicita0on, contact the Na>onal Criminal Jus>ce Referral Service (NCJRS) Response Center at 1–800–851–3420, via e-mail at grants@ncjrs.gov, or via live web chat at haps://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. • The NCJRS Response Center hours of opera0on are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern 0me, Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern 0me on the solicita0on close date. 33
Ques>ons and Answer Session • Please type your ques0ons into the Q&A box on the lower right hand side of the screen.
Maria Fryer – Policy Advisor Maria.Fryer@usdoj.gov 202-514-2000 Danica Binkley – Senior Policy Advisor Danica.Binkley@usdoj.gov 202-305-7418 Veronica Munson – State Policy Officer Veronica.Munson@usdoj.gov 202-514-9537 Nikisha Love - State Policy Officer Nikisha.Love@usdoj.gov 202-616-8241
Gerard (Jerry) Murphy gmurphy@csg.org 646-383-5761 Cynthea Kimmelman-DeVries Ckimmelman-devries@csg.org 646-383-5757 Nicola Smith-Kea nsmith-kea@csg.org 301-915-9718
Thank You! The webinar recording & PowerPoint presentation will be available on http://csgjusticecenter.org/mental-health/ within a few days. This material was developed by the presenters for this webinar. Presentations are not externally reviewed for form or content & as such, the statements within reflect the views of the authors & should not be considered the official position of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Justice Center, the members of the Council of State Governments, or funding agencies supporting the work.