Case Processing

Throughout the reporting period, Center staff continued to host virtual calls with the sites from the FY22, on an as-needed basis. This included conducting outreach with sites to encourage them to attend a regional convening, responding to their inquiries and keeping them abreast of national developments via the Court-Builders listserv, and providing individual consultations as needed. The Wilmington Community Court has been working to expand their reach by accepting cases from two different overlapping jurisdictions; namely, the Court of Common Pleas and the Justice of the Peace.

Throughout the reporting period, Center staff continued to host virtual calls with the sites from the FY22, on an as-needed basis. This included conducting outreach with sites to encourage them to attend a regional convening, responding to their inquiries and keeping them abreast of national developments via the Court-Builders listserv, and providing individual consultations as needed.

Throughout the reporting period, Center staff continued to host virtual calls with the sites from the FY22, on an as-needed basis. This included conducting outreach with sites to encourage them to attend a regional convening, responding to their inquiries and keeping them abreast of national developments via the Court-Builders listserv, and providing individual consultations as needed.

In this conference presentation, an overview of the Stepping Up framework was be provided as a foundation from which communities can develop collaborative approaches to reducing the incarceration of persons with serious mental health and/or substance use needs.

Hallie Fader-Towe joined the Public Safety Partnership's Prosecutor Community of Practice to speak to attendees about behavioral health diversion and the Prosecutor Call to Action. The CSG Justice Center identified and invited 2 site examples to present during the meeting.

Event ID #   15703
WUNRN-Women's UN Report Network
Opioids, Substance Abuse Disorders, Are a Threat to Human Rights
Tuesday, March 19 – 2:30 pm
Dr. Lori Post was the moderator of the session and presented the BJA project-using data to combat drug overdoses and explained the drug data center we are developing. Dr. Jay Unick presented on community-based treatment, and Dr. Maryann Mason presented on additional barriers that women face.

On October 11 and 12, Center staff Taylor DeClerck and Shawn Rogers traveled to the 2023 Coordinator/Case Manager conference hosted by the Wisconsin Association of Treatment Court Professionals (WATCP). They delivered two presentations. First one titled "Case Management for Justice Professionals: How to lead from the front line" provided the fundamentals for comprehensive case management, how to become participant-oriented and community based, and assisting with needs outside of substance use treatment.

CSG Justice Center staff attended the Fair and Just Prosecution Annual Convening in Tucson and participated in a panel presentation about how prosecutors can holistically address behavioral health needs in the community. CSG Justice Center staff also discussed the Propelling Change: Prosecutor Call to Action project and used hypothetical case study examples to discuss diversion options for people with behavioral health needs.

On Thursday July 20, 2023, BJA and the CSG Justice Center convened a National Forecasting Group Meeting on the how courts are leading change at the intersection of behavioral health and criminal justice. The meeting set out to achieve the following goals:  
Develop a nuanced picture of the types of court-focused projects and TTA JMHCP has supported, including the strategic value of the JMHCP investment and common challenges these projects have faced

Jul-Dec. 2023: Application approved to provide subject matter assistance to improve training to the state ’s public defense lawyers. NACDL has met with Vermont Public Defender training director and discussed speakers for their annual conference in June 2024, arranged for them to send individual to conference in Maine.