deflection

Grantee Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Massachusetts contacted COSSUP for TTA. The request detailed the need for a second in-person support to hold a 1-2 day meeting with members of their CONNECT deflection team. They wanted to convene the group to create shared agreements to address the complex intersection of law enforcement, child welfare, and peer recovery in our post-opioid overdose response.

FY24 Qtr3 Deflection TTA: Lafourche Parish Sheriffs Office, LA Summary
Corresponded with grantee 8 times between April and June 2024 on April 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 15, May 3, and June 4. (mentee meeting)
Summary of Successes: Accepted into the mentee program,
Summary of Challenges: wanting to expand their program both in the jail and the pre arrest part of the program

FY24 Qtr2 Deflection TTA: Lafourche Parish Sheriffs Office, LA Summary
Corresponded with grantee 8 times between January and March 2024 on January 23 25, and 31, February 14, and March 11, 18, 22, 26
Summary of Successes: Requested information for the Mentor program to improve their program, working on continued learning (wanted information on relevant conferences.)
Summary of Challenges: getting used to the reporting required by COSSUP and understanding the necessary metrics.

Following onsite training with the San Luis Valley in March 2023, the original requestor asked CHJ to help facilitate quarterly calls to reconvene the group to discuss the training and opportunities for future collaboration. The convening was held 10/20/23. CHJ worked with the team from Alamosa to host and facilitate the second San Luis Valley Deflection Stakeholder Collaborative Call. The call serves as a follow-up to previous Deflection Workshop in March, 2023, and the previous collaborative call in June.

Between May and September 2023, CHJ will be holding five grantee cohort focus area calls on the five critical elements of deflection, a framework developed by CHJ (https://www.cossapresources.org/Content/Documents/Articles/CHJ_TASC_Cri…). Each call will focus on one element and will feature 2-3 practitioners in the field discussing how their program implements the specific critical element.

Between May and September 2023, CHJ will be holding five grantee cohort focus area calls on the five critical elements of deflection, a framework developed by CHJ (https://www.cossapresources.org/Content/Documents/Articles/CHJ_TASC_Cri…). Each call will focus on one element and will feature 2-3 practitioners in the field discussing how their program implements the specific critical element.

Between May and September 2023, CHJ will be holding five grantee cohort focus area calls on the five critical elements of deflection, a framework developed by CHJ (https://www.cossapresources.org/Content/Documents/Articles/CHJ_TASC_Cri…). Each call will focus on one element and will feature 2-3 practitioners in the field discussing how their program implements the specific critical element.

Grantee Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Massachusetts contacted COSSUP for TTA: "We are in the process of updating CONNECT's Operations Manual or Operating Guidelines. They have not been updated since July 2021. We are looking for best practices or examples from other BJA COSSUP grantees from rural areas as we proceed. We'd like to explore organizing the "manual" using the Critical Elements of Deflection as a guide.

Presentation at the NOBLE Conference: Pathways to Community: Implementing first responder-led deflection initiatives to address racial equity in Illinois

Enhanced Communication and Guardian Policing to Build Strong Community Relationships
Proposed Presentation for the Delaware 2023 Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Integration Summit