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Check-in emails sent to Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (FY22) site on 1/3/24.
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20250109-230318-29
Check-in emails sent to Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (FY19/20) site on 1/3/24.
20250109-230302-77
Q4 quarterly check-in to discuss challenges and any updates to goals and activities. Discussed ideas to spend down Bucks County's award.
20250107-133304-23
The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and Center for Health Care Strategies are excited to announce a six-month Medicaid and Corrections Policy Academy on behalf of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs. The Policy Academy will bring together teams of senior executive agency leaders from four to six states to develop multi-sector collaborative planning to leverage Medicaid for improving reentry outcomes for people involved in the justice system with complex needs.
20241219-144914-54
CSG Justice Center staff held 88 contacts (via phone and email) with FY18-FY23 Second Chance Act Category 3 grantees in the month of November (9 SCA Co-Occurring, 32 SCA Substance Use Disorders, 19 SCA Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry, and 21 SCA Pay for Success)
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RTI will assist the City of Martinsburg with a cost-benefit analysis from the perspective of police and schools. The goal is to demonstrate how much money is being saved by diverting people away from jail. E.g., "For every social worker, we save $X." Katy will look for examples of entities similar to this grantee that are conducting CBAs to see what data they are collecting and what a CBA might look like for the City of Martinsburg.
20241210-172137-11
Jennifer is trying to get schools to use the In Depth model (through American Lung Association) as an alternative to suspension. Under this model, students are out of school for 1 day instead of 5. Katy has worked with some South Bend, Indiana schools on implementing their protocol for alternatives to suspension; she will check in on how it's going for them.
20241210-172134-59
In our Q3 check-in on 8/22/24, the City of Martinsburg said they would like information or curricula related to youth harm reduction. Katy suggested looking into the Safety First curriculum (https://med.stanford.edu/halpern-felsher-reach-lab/preventions-interven…).
20241210-172131-22
Staff from the City of Martinsburg, including one (Noel Canellas) who is a social worker embedded in the police department, were interested in attending the bi-monthly Diversion Community of Practice meetings. On 8/30/24, Katy passed their email addresses on to the organizers of the Diversion CoP: Alexia Walker and Catherine Grodensky. On 12/3/24, Colleen followed up with Catherine and Alexia to make sure the grantee had been connected to the CoP.
20241210-172129-16
Q4 quarterly check-in to discuss success, challenges, and any updates to goals and activities. Martinsburg is doing very well with relationships and data collection. Their main challenge is sustainability. During the meeting, we shared the NCSACW Sustainability Toolkit: https://ncsacw.acf.hhs.gov/files/sustainability-toolkit-508.pdf