Pennsylvania Stepping Up Technical Assistance Center
Innovator counties (51)
- Alachua County, Florida
- Barton County, Kansas
- Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Bernalillo County, New Mexico
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Calaveras County, California
- Carlton County, Minnesota
- Chatham County, Georgia
- Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Dallas County, Iowa
- Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Douglas County, Kansas
- Douglas County, Nebraska
- Durham County, North Carolina
- El Dorado County, California
- Erie County, New York
- Fairfax County, Virginia
- Franklin County, Ohio
- Fulton County, Georgia
- Greenwood County, Kansas
- Guthrie County, Iowa
- Hancock County, Ohio
- Hennepin County, Minnesota
- Island County, Washington
- Johnson County, Kansas
- Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
- Lubbock County, Texas
- Lucas County, Ohio
- Lyon County, Kansas
- Marin County, California
- Marion County, Indiana
- Miami-Dade County, Florida
- Mobile County, Alabama
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Morris County, Kansas
- Nevada County, California
- Osage County, Kansas
- Pacific County, Washington
- Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- Polk County, Iowa
- Reno County, Kansas
- Rogers County, Oklahoma
- San Joaquin County, California
- San Luis Obispo County, California
- Sarpy County, Nebraska
- Shawnee County, Kansas
- Shelby County, Alabama
- Wabaunsee County, Kansas
- Yolo County, California
- York County, Pennsylvania
Established by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) and administered by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, the Pennsylvania Stepping Up Technical Assistance (TA) Center was launched in October 2018 by PCCD, the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania’s Department of Health, Department of Corrections, and Department of Human Services. The TA Center is intended to support Pennsylvania counties that participate in the Stepping Up Initiative.
How Can the TA Center Help My County?
The overarching goal of the assistance provided through the TA Center is to position each county in Pennsylvania to have accurate baseline data on the number of people with mental illnesses in jails; develop a customized implementation plan to scale up or implement high-impact strategies; set targets to track progress; and achieve results. The TA Center provides:
- Connections with sites across Pennsylvania and nationally to facilitate peer learning and provide concrete examples of successful strategies and policies;
- Access to national experts and central information bank on best practices; and
- Individualized guidance on the high-impact strategies and policies that achieve lasting results. Participating counties will receive free written resources, webinars and trainings, and regular one-on-one support. Counties that access these resources are at all stages of their Stepping Up work, and the TA Center meets counties wherever they are in their Stepping Up efforts to help them make progress toward their goals.
How Does My County Get Involved?
Email Gretchen Frank, senior policy analyst, at gfrank@csg.org to learn more and be added to the TA Center’s distribution list. Counties on the distribution list will receive notifications of all available technical assistance.
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Resources
Highlights
- The Pennsylvania Stepping Up Technical Assistance Center
- Improving Crisis Response and Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Programs in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Bulletin (August 2024)
Reports
- Getting to Your Data: Lessons Learned and Guiding Principles from Pennsylvania
- Stepping Up Pennsylvania: Findings and Recommendations from the Behavioral Health-Criminal Justice State Policy Scan Project
Webinars and Trainings
- Getting to Your Data: Pennsylvania Stepping Up County Strategies
- Stepping Up Pennsylvania 2023 Training Agenda
- Criminal Justice Advisory Board Conference 2023: Enhancing Your Collaborative Through Data
- Building Trauma-Informed Systems
- Connecting People with SMI to Care in the Community
- COVID-19 Strategies and the Importance of Good Data
- Effective Strategies for Success: Utilizing the Stepping Up PA TA Center to Achieve Your Goals
- Financing the Future of Local Initiatives
- Planning for 988 Implementation in Pennsylvania
- Planning to Improve Crisis Response and Prevention Through Stepping Up
- Connecting People with Mental Health Conditions to the Right Services
- How Pennsylvania Counties Can Use American Rescue Plan Funds to Advance Stepping Up Goals
- Cross-Systems Data Sharing in Pennsylvania to Reduce the Prevalence of Mental Illnesses in Jails
- Stepping Up Pennsylvania: The Stepping Up Process
- 988, 911, and Coordinated Crisis Response in Pennsylvania
- Recommended Approaches for Leveraging Stepping Up Data