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FY 2014 Second Chance Act Programs:

Second Chance Act Reentry Program for Adult Oﬀenders with Co-‐Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders (SecHon 201)

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Speakers

•  KaH Habert Deputy Director, Behavioral Health Program -‐ Substance Abuse Council of State Governments JusHce Center •  Danica Binkley Policy Advisor Bureau of JusHce Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of JusHce •  Dr. Gary Dennis Senior Policy Advisor Bureau of JusHce Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of JusHce

PresentaHon Outline

•  Overview of the Second Chance Act •  Sec.on 201: Adults with Co-‐occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders •  Sec.on 201: Ques.ons and Answer Session

The Second Chance Act •  Public Law 110-‐199 signed into law on April 8, 2008 •  Authorized $165 million for prisoner reentry programs in ﬁscal years 2009 and 2010 •  Purpose: to help states and communi.es reduce recidivism

The Second Chance Act Current Funding OpportuniHes

•  In ﬁscal year (FY) 2014, $67.7 million was appropriated for Second Chance Act grant programs. •  Funding will be distributed between adult and juvenile grant programs, and across solicita.ons. •  Three FY14 solicita.ons have been released to date: •  Smart Supervision Program: Reducing Prison Popula.ons, Saving Money, and Crea.ng Safer Communi.es: hLps://www.bja.gov/Funding/14SmartSupervisionSol.pdf •  Reentry Program for Adult Oﬀenders with Co-‐Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders: hLps://www.bja.gov/Funding/14SCACoOccurringDisordersSol.pdf •  Technology Career Training Program for Incarcerated Adults and Juveniles: hLps://www.bja.gov/Funding/14SCATechCareersSol.pdf.

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Second Chance Act SecHon 201: TargeHng Treatment to Incarcerated and Reentering Adults with Co-‐ occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders

SecHon 201: TargeHng Adults with Co-‐ occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders •  The solicita.on was released on January 16, 2014. •  ApplicaHons are due by 11:59 pm EDT on March 18, 2014. Staﬀ assistance through the BJA Jus.ce Informa.on Center will only be available un.l 8:00 pm eastern .me. •  Solicita.on is available at hLps://www.bja.gov/Funding/14SCACoOccurringDisordersSol.pdf.

SecHon 201: TargeHng Individuals with Co-‐ occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders

•  Sec.on 201 of the Second Chance Act authorizes awards to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes to improve the provision of substance use and mental health disorder treatment to individuals: o  In prisons and jails during the period of incarcera.on and o  Through the comple.on of parole or other court supervision aeer release into the community. o  BJA is seeking applica.ons from eligible applicants to implement or expand oﬀender treatment programs for re-‐entering oﬀenders with co-‐occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders.

•  Eligibility -‐Who Can Apply? o  Eligible applicants are limited to states, units of local government, and federally-‐recognized Indian tribes (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). o  En..es that do not meet this eligibility requirement (i.e. non-‐proﬁt organiza.ons, etc.) are not eligible to apply for this solicita.on. However, eligible applicants must demonstrate partnerships with community-‐ based substance abuse and mental health treatment programs to ensure coordinated reentry eﬀorts and ongoing treatment and/or aeercare programming.

SecHon 201: Approved Uses •  Treatment of co-‐occurring substance use and mental health disorders in prisons and jails. o  The term co-‐occurring disorders (COD) refers to co-‐occurring substance-‐ related and mental disorders. Clients said to have COD have one or more substance-‐related disorders as well as one or more mental disorders. o  At the individual level, COD exist “when at least one disorder of each type can be established independent of the other and is not simply a cluster of symptoms resul.ng from [a single] disorder.”

•  Providing recovery support services, reentry planning and programming, and post-‐release treatment and aeercare programming in the community through the comple.on of parole or court supervision.

SecHon 201: Program Design Elements Planning Phase Although each of the 14 program design elements listed on slides 12-‐13 must be included in the applica.on, BJA expects that some may be in the preliminary stages of development at .me of applica.on. During the Planning Phase, applicants will build upon and strengthen compliance with the mandatory program design elements. •  Grantees will receive intensive technical assistance and will be required to complete and submit a Planning and Implementa.on Guide provided by the BJA technical assistance provider, the Na.onal Reentry Resource Center (NRRC). •  Once Planning and Implementa.on Guides are submiLed and approved by BJA, grantees will move into the Implementa.on Phase of their project and gain access to the remainder of their grant funds. 11

SecHon 201: Program Design Elements Planning Phase Approved Uses: •  Con.nue establishment of program design, including the integra.on of an Integrated Care Model. •  Con.nue or commence a strategic plan for the implementa.on of the Aﬀordable Care Act into program design. •  Con.nue development on Con.nuum of Care model •  Improve and enhance use of screening and assessment to ensure that proper individuals are selected for par.cipa.on in the most appropriate programming to ensure the best outcomes for program par.cipants. •  Engage in strategic planning to ensure long-‐term systems change and sustainability for maximum program eﬃcacy. 12

SecHon 201: Program Design Elements ImplementaHon Phase Applicants should address the following design elements in the proposal: •  Use of actuarial-‐based assessment instruments for treatment and reentry planning o

Use screening and assessment instruments to match individuals with the appropriate level and type of treatment and reentry services

•  Target higher-‐risk oﬀenders o

Priori.ze primary supervision and treatment resources for oﬀenders who are at higher risk to re-‐oﬀend.

•  Establish baseline recidivism rate and collect and report recidivism indicator •  Enhance intrinsic mo.va.on o

Staff must be able to relate to offenders in interpersonally sensi.ve and construc.ve ways in order to enhance intrinsic mo.va.on in offenders.

•  Target criminogenic needs that aﬀect recidivism •  Determine Dosage and Intensity of Services o

High-‐risk offenders should receive a minimum of 300 hours of cogni.ve-‐behavioral interven.ons, moderate-‐risk offenders should receive a minimum of 200 hours, and low-‐risk offenders should receive a minimum of 100 hours of cogni.ve-‐based interven.ons.

•  Provide evidence-‐based substance abuse and mental health treatment o  o

Applicants are strongly urged to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment prac.ces and services that have a demonstrated evidence base and that are appropriate for the target popula.on. Applicants should iden.fy evidence-‐based prac.ce being proposed for implementa.on, iden.fy and discuss the evidence that shows that the prac.ce is eﬀec.ve; and discuss the popula.on(s) for which this prac.ce has been shown to be eﬀec.ve and show that it is appropriate for the proposed target popula.on.

SecHon 201: Program Design Elements cont’d

•  When possible, provide pharmacological drug treatment services •  Use of cogni.ve-‐behavioral interven.ons o

These strategies are focused on changing the oﬀender’s thinking paLerns in order to change future behavior.

•  Implement transi.on planning procedures o

Develop reentry procedures to ensure linkages to services, and ensure appropriate informa.on sharing with community agencies and partners. Assess insurance and beneﬁt status and assist inmates with the applica.on process.

•  Support of a comprehensive range of recovery support services o

These may include, but are not limited to, ongoing mental health and substance abuse disorder treatment, housing, physical health care services, cogni.ve restructuring, job placement services, and family reuniﬁca.on, among many others.

•  Provision of sustained aeercare, case planning/ management in the community o

Use consistent pre-‐ and post-‐release case management and supervision, sustained at least 6 months post-‐ release. Post-‐release treatment and aeercare must be coordinated, including coordina.on with community partners to allow in-‐reach for community-‐based treatment providers.

•  Provision of community supervision services which follow evidence-‐based prac.ces o

This may include, but is not limited to, individualized case planning based off of risk and needs assessment, graduated responses to viola.ons, incen.ves and staff training in effec.ve offender management techniques.

•  If possible, provide integrated care o

BJA an.cipates funding applicants that demonstrate an integrated care approach.

SecHon 201: Priority ConsideraHons Applicants will be given priority considera.on for including the following elements in their programs: •  Incorporate a “Pay for Success” model into their projects. •  Focus on post-‐release community-‐based programs, providing quality evidence-‐based treatment services for returning individuals with co-‐occurring disorders upon release. •  Iden.fy and target medium-‐ to high-‐risk offenders with serious mental health disorders and substance abuse addic.ons through validated risk and needs assessment instruments. •  Focus on geographic areas with high rates of returning offenders. •  Jurisdic.ons implemen.ng specialized proba.on services, as described in the Consensus Project’s Improving Responses to People with Mental Illnesses: The Essen;al Elements of Specialized Proba;on Ini;a;ves. •  Jurisdic.ons proposing to partner with a research organiza.on to conduct rigorous local evalua.on of their strategies. •  Incorporate innova.ve uses of technology which leverage electronic informa.on sharing and communica.on to advance the specific goals of this solicita.on. •  Affordable Care Act: develop and implement strategies to iden.fy and enroll eligible program par.cipants into Medicaid, or other insurance through health exchanges, and to connect them to treatment providers as appropriate. •  Target high-‐risk offenders that are experiencing or at risk of chronic homelessness. •  Link grant-‐funded ac.vi.es and services to affordable and suppor.ve housing. 15

SecHon 201: Mandatory Treatment Requirements •  Applicants must cer.fy that the treatment program proposed: •  Is clinically-‐appropriate, will provide comprehensive treatment, and •  Has been developed in consulta.on with the Single State Authority (SSA) for Substance Abuse Services. •  Applicants should provide oﬃcial documenta.on that all collabora.ng service provider organiza.ons are in compliance with all requirements for licensing, accredita.on, and cer.ﬁca.on, including state, local (city and county), and tribal requirements, as appropriate. •  Applica.ons submiLed by federally-‐recognized tribes must submit a Tribal Authorizing Resolu.on.

SecHon 201: SelecHon Criteria •  •  •  •

Statement of the Problem: 15% Program Design and Implementa.on: 35% Capabili.es, Competencies and Coordina.on: 25% Impact/Outcomes, Evalua.on, and Sustainment, and Plan for Collec.ng the Data Required for this Solicita.on’s Performance Measures: 15%

•  Budget: 10%

SecHon 201: Statement of the Problem •  Describe the problems with mee.ng the needs of adults with co-‐occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders who are returning to the community. •  Indicate the jurisdic.on or tribal community to be served including informa.on about the correc.onal facili.es where proposed programming will occur. •  Provide informa.on on the target popula.on (i.e., size, and make-‐up of the target popula.on, etc.), the number of offenders with co-‐occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders within the correc.onal/deten.on facility(ies) who are returning to the community, and any recidivism and substance abuse data available for the target popula.on. •  Summarize the basic components of the current process for iden.fying risk/needs, availability of substance use disorder and mental health treatment services, reentry planning for these offenders, linkages to community-‐based treatment providers, and case management. •  Provide jus.fica.on and support documenta.on for selec.ng the target popula.on. •  Provide a baseline recidivism rate for the proposed target popula.on and discuss what level of reduc.on in recidivism you would consider to be success.

o  If the applicant does not have a baseline recidivism rate for a historical sample of ex-‐oﬀenders similar to the target populaHon, provide a rate for another popula.on. 18

SecHon 201: Program Design and ImplementaHon •  Describe proposed ac.vi.es that address the program goals •  Describe how Planning Phase ac.vi.es will be addressed, including the comple.on of the Planning and Implementa;on Guide •  Address the Program Design Elements that include: o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  o

U.lizing actuarial-‐based assessment instruments Targe.ng higher risk oﬀenders Inclusion of a baseline recidivism rate and collect and report recidivism indicator data Enhancing intrinsic mo.va.on Targe.ng criminogenic needs that aﬀect recidivism Determining dosage and intensity of services Providing evidence-‐based mental health and substance abuse treatment services U.lizing pharmacological drug treatment services Using cogni.ve behavioral interven.ons Developing and implement transi.on planning procedures Suppor.ng a comprehensive range or recovery support services Using sustained aeercare, case planning/management Providing community supervision services which follow evidence-‐based prac.ces

SecHon 201: Program Design and ImplementaHon conHnued •  Address any applicable priority considera.ons, which include: o  o  o  o  o  o  o

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Incorpora.on of Pay for Success model Targe.ng female offenders Focusing on areas with demonstrated high rate of returning individuals Implementa.on of specialized proba.on services for the target popula.on Partnership with a research organiza.on to conduct a rigorous local evalua.on of the applicant’s strategies Incorporate innova.ve uses of informa.on technology which leverage electronic informa.on sharing and communica.on Develop and implement strategies to iden.fy and enroll eligible program par.cipants into Medicaid, or other insurance through health exchanges, and to connect them to treatment providers as appropriate Target high-‐risk offenders that are experiencing or at risk of chronic homelessness Link grant-‐funded ac.vi.es and services to affordable and suppor.ve housing, leveraged through partnerships with no-‐profit housing agencies, public housing, authori.es, housing finance agencies and Con.nuums of Care.

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SecHon 201: Program Design and ImplementaHon conHnued

Provide opera.onal guidelines for iden.fying eligible program par.cipants which should include a plan to screen poten.al par.cipants, conduct risk and needs assessments, and the process for referring individuals to the program. Describe how many total people the proposed program plans to serve over the length of the project period. If awarded funds, BJA will track the number of par.cipants actually provided services with the number proposed in this sec.on of the compe..ve applica.on. o  If the applicant is reques.ng funds for a program that is currently opera.onal, the applicant must state how many people the program has served (who meet the stated target popula.on characteris.cs) over the past 6 months. o  If the applicant is proposing to implement a “new program,” the applicant must state how many people met the target popula.on characteris.cs within the past 6 months.

o  Provide a descrip.on of both the pre-‐release screening and assessment process and the post-‐release services to be provided for every program par.cipant. o  Describe the process for linking individuals to treatment and other recovery support services. o  Describe the mechanisms that will be put in place to ensure the accountability of the services delivery system on an ongoing basis. 21

SecHon 201: CapabiliHes, Competencies and CoordinaHon •  •  •

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Describe the management structure and staffing of the project, iden.fying the agency responsible for the project and the grant coordinator. Demonstrate the capability of the implemen.ng agency and collabora.ve partners to implement the project, including gathering and analyzing informa.on, developing a plan, and evalua.ng the program. Include posi.on descrip.ons for key personnel (as an aLachment). Demonstrate and iden.fy partnership organiza.ons with community-‐based substance use disorder and mental health treatment programs to ensure coordinated reentry efforts within the correc.onal facility/ facili.es and ongoing treatment and/or aeercare programming upon offender reentry to the community. Indicate whether the applicant jurisdic.on is a current recipient of funds from other BJA administered programs including: the Residen.al Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program, the Jus.ce and Mental Health Collabora.on Program, the Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Program for Planning and Demonstra.on Projects, and the Second Chance Act Family-‐Based Offender Substance Abuse Treatment Program. Clearly address how these ini.a.ves will be coordinated if the applicant jurisdic.on is, or becomes, a recipient of funds under any of these other programs for the purposes of provision of treatment and/or reentry services for incarcerated offenders, the applicant.

SecHon 201: Impact/Outcomes, EvaluaHon, and Sustainment, and Plan for CollecHng the Data Required for this SolicitaHon’s Performance Measures

•  Describe the current ability to collect and analyze client-‐level performance and outcome data. In addi.on, this descrip.on should also include the ability to share data with agencies, such as the department of it mental health or other relevant service agencies. •  Outline how and what data informa.on will be collected and analyzed to determine the eﬀec.veness of the treatment program implemented or enhanced and describe how randomized trials will be used where prac.cable. •  Describe how performance will be documented, monitored, and evaluated, and iden.fy the impact of the strategy once implemented. •  Describe how performance will be documented, monitored, and evaluated, and iden.fy the impact of the strategy once implemented.

SecHon 201: Impact/Outcomes, EvaluaHon, and Sustainment, and Plan for CollecHng the Data Required for this SolicitaHon’s Performance Measures •

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Iden.fy exis.ng barriers to collabora.on between the criminal jus.ce and behavioral health systems within the jurisdic.on and with its intergovernmental partners as relevant, and describe how this grant will improve collabora.on to improve access to treatment services beyond this par.cular program. Discuss how variables like stakeholder support and services coordina.on will be deﬁned and measured

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Describe how evalua.on and collabora.ve partnerships will be leveraged to build long-‐term support and resources to sustain the project when the federal grant ends.

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Outline how and what data and informa.on will be collected and describe how evalua.on and collabora.ve partnerships will be leveraged to build long-‐term support and resources for the program. Specifically, address the system for collec.ng unique par.cipant iden.fiers, obtaining court and criminal involvement (recidivism) data, including rela.onships with local or state en..es that have been or will be established to gain access to this data. (See cer.fica.on in Appendix 2.)

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Describe the policies, statutes, and regula.ons that will need to be put in place to support and sustain service delivery.

SecHon 201: Budget •  Match Requirement: This solicita.on does not require a match. However, if a successful applica.on proposes a voluntary match amount, and OJP approves the budget, the total match amount incorporated into the approved budget becomes mandatory and subject to audit. •  Unallowable Uses for Award Funds: In addi.on to unallowable costs iden.ﬁed in the OJP Financial Guide, award funding may not be used for: o

Prizes/rewards/entertainment/trinkets (or any type of monetary incen.ve), client s.pends, gie cards, vehicles, food and beverage

•  LimitaHon on Use of Award Funds for Employee CompensaHon; Waiver: With respect to any award of more than $250,000 made under this solicita.on, recipients may not use federal funds to pay total cash compensa.on (salary plus bonuses) to any employee of the award recipient at a rate that exceeds 110 percent of the maximum annual salary payable to a member of the Federal Government’s Senior Execu.ve Service (SES) at an agency with a Cer.fied SES Performance Appraisal System for that year. (The 2013 salary table for SES employees is available at www.opm.gov/pay-‐leave) •  Prior Approval, Planning, and ReporHng of Conference/MeeHng/Training Costs: OJP strongly encourages applicants that propose to use award funds for any conference-‐, mee.ng-‐, or training-‐related ac.vity to review carefully-‐before submisng an applica.on-‐ the OJP policy and guidance on “conference” approval, planning, and report available at www.ojp.gov/funding/confcost.htm. •  Costs Associated with Language Assistance (if applicable): If an applicant proposes a program or ac.vity that would deliver services or benefits to individuals, the costs of taking reasonable steps to provide meaningful access to those services or benefits for individuals with limited English proficiency is allowable.

Contact InformaHon Technical Assistance with Submi`ng the ApplicaHon For technical assistance with submisng an applica.on, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-‐518-‐4726 or 606-‐545-‐5035, or via e-‐mail to support@grants.gov.

The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of opera.on are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays.

Assistance with SolicitaHon Requirements For assistance with any other requirement of this solicita.on, contact the BJA Jus.ce Informa.on Center at 1–877–927–5657, via e-‐mail to JIC@telesishq.com, or by live web chat.

The BJA Jus.ce Informa.on Center hours of opera.on are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern .me, Monday through Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern .me on the solicita.on close date.

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