MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM (CJS) URL:https://www.justice.gov/opa/blog/addressing-mental-illness-criminal-justice-system

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE

FUNDING

Eligibility to Receive Funding

Office of Justice Programs (OJP)

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

STATE GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE

Policy Development

Authority: U.S. Constitution

OJP & BJA

Funds administered by the Justice and Mental Health Collaborative Program (JHMCP). E.g. 43 JHMCP grants awarded in 2009 valued at > $8 M

Contact Through

Arrest

Tribes

Local Government

Court Appearances

Access to effective treatment of people with mental illness involved with the CJS

Community Based Supervision

Incarceration

Re-integration into Community

Crisis Intervention Teams or Co-Responder Models

Assistance through Intergovernmental Agency Collaborations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE

OJP with DHHS

Improve response to mentally ill inmates

BJA with NIC

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provides technical assistance to states to build on existing efforts and replicatesuccessful outcomes statewide

Council of State Governments Justice Center and the GAINS Center

Address homeless populations

Identify those in need of specialized responses

Prioritize populations with co-occurring disorders

Use data to identify a target population

Implement sustainable initiatives

Law Enforcement Officials:Country-wide involvement

PARTNERSHIP

Local Mental Health Advocates

Local Mental Health Service Providers