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This webinar introduced Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) specialists to the Stepping Up initiative and gave an overview for how VJO specialists can play a role in connecting veterans who have serious mental illness to treatment and support services after release from jail Read More

This webinar gave an overview of the recommended approach for identifying and collecting data on people with mental illness in jails. The three steps include: 1) using a shared definition of serious mental illness across justice and behavioral health systems; 2) screening people booked into jail using a validated screening tool for serious mental illness and referring people who screen positive for assessment; and 3) recording screening and assessment information electronically and regularly reporting out on this population Read More

This webinar gave an overview of how counties can start or re-engage their Stepping Up planning and implementation process, following the Stepping Up Six Questions Framework Read More

This webinar focused on how counties can track data on recidivism and how counties can implement interventions to reduce recidivism for people with serious mental illness Read More

This webinar focused on how counties can track connections to care and explored strategies for how counties can increase connections to care Read More

This webinar focused on how counties can measure average length of stay at the jail and how counties can shorten average length of stay at the jail for people with mental illness Read More

This webinar focused on how counties can measure bookings at the jail and how counties can reduce jail bookings for people with mental illness Read More

Stepping Up is helping counties collect accurate, accessible data on the number of people entering their jails who have mental illnesses, a critical first step for developing a comprehensive plan to create meaningful reductions in the number of people in jails who have mental illnesses. Read More

Counties across the country have committed to creating data-driven, systems-level plans to reduce the number of people with mental illnesses in their jails. Individuals with mental illnesses and their family members should play a key role in your planning efforts. They can be strong allies in building goodwill with the broader community, getting positive media attention for your efforts and advising on strategies that work for advancing mental health recovery. These individuals also can assist in training law enforcement in programs like Crisis Intervention Teams, providing peer support to individuals and families in crisis and identifying the impact your Stepping Up work is having. On this webinar, national experts and county officials describe strategies for meaningfully including people with mental illnesses and their families in your Stepping Up efforts. Read More