Mental Health Programs

Objective 1: Use the hub and spoke model to engage all necessary and appropriate subject matter expertise to support Justice Counts design and implementation. (Partners)?
CSG Justice Center staff met with the National Center for State Courts, the National District Attorney's Association, the National Association of Counties, and the National Criminal Justice Association to discuss areas of collaboration.???

Objective 2: Continuously review the metrics, technology, solution for states, and related resources and refine as needed.?(Tier 1 Metrics and TIGs/ Publisher Updates)?
CSG Justice Center staff worked with Recidiviz to release the following updates to the Justice Counts Publisher platform, including updates for both users:
adding a tooltip for the metric total while in the breakdowns view to make the Explore Data portion of Publisher easier for agencies to use;
adding a Configuration Status button to clarify if an agency has finished fully defining a metric;

Objective 3: Promote Justice Counts with the goal of increasing participation and support.?(Developing Promotional Materials and Conference Appearances)?
CSG Justice Center staff presented to the Office of the Assistant Attorney General to showcase the connections between Justice Reinvestment and Justice Counts.?CSG Justice Center staff also met with the Center for Justice Innovation and Measures for Justice to discuss potential session topics for a community courts conference to take place in April.??

Objective 7: Facilitate the adoption and implementation of Justice Counts in additional states. (Light Touch States)?
In Arkansas, CSG Justice Center staff met with the Sevier County Sheriff's Office Jail Administrator to discuss and upcoming presentation and plan for data sharing in Publisher. CSG Justice Center staff also met with the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office to introduce the project and discuss next steps towards opting in.??

Objective 9: Provide structured, ongoing support up to 15 Category 1 grantee states and support the field. (IG States/ Vendor and Automation)?
In Arizona, CSG Justice Center staff met with the Coconino County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to configure metrics and add data to Publisher. CSG Justice Center staff also met with the Navajo County Criminal Justice Coordinator to discuss county wide data efforts.??

Priority Area 1: Work with state agencies to receive and analyze data to identify drivers of Arkansas's high recidivism rates and understand how recidivism contributes to overall crime and incarceration rates.

Objective 3: Promote Justice Counts with the goal of increasing participation and support.
Presentation to the CSG Justice Center's Advisory Board on Justice Counts. (21 people representing 16 agencies and 5 legislative bodies)

At the Second Chance Act (SCA) conference, the Justice Center held 64 workshops for SCA Category 3 grantees, including content-based sessions and grantee breakout sessions for all active grant tracks (CSCR, CSAMI/SUD, PFS, SRHD) and the ZRH cohort. We also worked with BJA to host an orientation meeting for FY24 grantee as part of the conference. The average attendance across these sessions was 45 attendees, with an average of 26 agencies served per session.

Between July and December 2024 we facilitated 35 peer-to-peer connections and consultations between grantees and subject matter experts. This included connecting FY20 PFS Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma and FY20 SUD Alaska Native Justice Center’s Cook Inlet Tribal Council on July 17 and August 6, 2024, to discuss tribal reentry efforts and culturally responsive programming. Additionally, FY23 SUD Superior Court of Guam was connected to FY22 SUD Pima County, AZ, to discuss their RSAT programs.

The CSG Justice Center completed one virtual Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry (CSCR) site visit with FY22 grantee Scioto Paint Valley, OH. The purpose of this virtual visit was to meet with the youth side of the program since they were not available for an in-person site visit in August. Topics included programming for youth with felony charges, behavioral health needs, and moderate to high criminogenic risk in the Miami Valley Juvenile Rehabilitation Center.