Council of State Governments

Training Opportunity Aims to Improve Local Mental Health Responses

Free virtual training and support available - apply by January 15, 2021.

Apply Now to Join the Law Enforcement-Mental Health Learning Sites Program

Apply by January 5, 2021 to be considered.

Justice Counts Initiative Announced

Developed with support from BJA, Justice Counts is a national, consensus-building initiative designed to help policymakers make better decisions with criminal justice data that are more timely, less disjointed, and as useful as possible.

Register for Upcoming Webinars on Behavioral Health Diversion

The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, with support from BJA, will be hosting the following webinars:

Advancing Prosecutor-Led Behavioral Health Diversion: September 25, 2020, 2 p.m. ET.
Turning One-Off Programs into Systems-Wide Behavioral Health Diversion: September 29, 2020, 2 p.m. ET.

Learn more about the webinars and how to register to participate by selecting the above links.

Supporting Health, Home, and Family for Comprehensive Reentry

2020-CZ-BX-K001

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$3,800,000

Upcoming Webinar on School Safety and Collaboration: Building a Behavioral Health and Justice Response

On March 26, 2020, at 2 p.m. ET, BJA and The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center will host the webinar, School Safety and Collaboration: Building a Behavioral Health and Justice Response.

This webinar will address the evolving meaning of school safety and present school responder models as a framework for cross-system collaboration to create safer schools. It will also describe how this...

Register for Webinar: Trauma-Informed Care Across the Intercepts

Register for a March 19, 2020, webinar for an overview of the core principles of trauma-informed care, best practices for using it at each intercept point within the Sequential Intercept Model, and more.