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Using Coalitions to Foster Jail Diversion

Using Coalitions to Foster Jail Diversion. Presented by NAMI Maine Carol Carothers and Karen Lenzen. Outline. How did NAMI Maine develop successful diversion coalitions How did we blend CIT into those efforts Raising money The Sequential Intercept Model. Precipitating events.

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Using Coalitions to Foster Jail Diversion

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  1. Using Coalitions to Foster Jail Diversion Presented by NAMI Maine Carol Carothers and Karen Lenzen

  2. Outline • How did NAMI Maine develop successful diversion coalitions • How did we blend CIT into those efforts • Raising money • The Sequential Intercept Model

  3. Precipitating events • 2/2000 – James Thomas, “A teens last trip to prison” • Ken Moore – Maine Times article

  4. Step One:Research • National • Up the River, Travels in a Prison Nation • New Jack • Crazy • online • State – press clippings • Meet with Sheriffs Association • Local – jail survey

  5. Step Two: Awareness • Generate press • Op Eds • Press calls – pitch stories • Release report • Collect names of callers

  6. Step Three: Planning • What is needed? • Who can help decide what is needed: list of partners that will be needed • Issue invitation to join coalition.

  7. First meeting

  8. 2000 to 2003 – The Coalition on Mental Illness, Substance Abuse and Criminal Justice. Mission and members Statewide Drafted omnibus legislation Members review Hired lobbyist Followed first legislation and subsequent study Mission accomplished - disbanded NAMI MAINE’S COALITIONS

  9. Cumberland County Coalition • 2001- Present • Existing Coalition • CIT grant • DOT grant

  10. Penobscot County Coalition • 2003 - Present • Sheriff call for help • NIMH grant • Penquis CAP grant

  11. Sequential Intercept Model • Model for organizing discussion of diversion and linkage alternatives and for systematically addressing criminalization • Based on public health principles • Developed in Ohio and adopted by GAINS Center • Where to intervene; at what “intercept”.

  12. Intercepts • One: Law enforcement and emergency services • Two: Initial Hearings and Detention • Three: Jails and Courts • Four: Reentry from jails, prisons, hospitals • Five: Community corrections and Community support

  13. PR Bail, Release, Court ordered eval., Family VOA bail contract Bail conditions-V0A Community ACT ICI CSW ICM Therapy. Residential S.A. OP S.A. IOP ½ way house Probation Peer Support Bed gatekeeper - DHHS Boundary spanner Cite- Release Community Corrections Law Enforcement Court Disposition 1st Court Visit Arrest Detention Jail CIT Response Crisis Assessment Crisis Assessment DHHS ICM linkage Enhanced Drug Court Jail Screening; In-jail treatment – Peer supports MH Ride-along Relink to MH Services, family., friend VOA – bail contract ER; Hospitalization; 72 Hr. Bed.; Detox; Rapid Response Discharge Planning; Pre-release services ER or Crisis Bed Hospital Substance abuse treatment mandate DOC re-entry worker Intercept 1 – Law Enforcement/Crisis Intercept 2 – Booking; Initial Appearance Intercept 5 - Community Intercept 3 – Jails, Courts Intercept 4 – Re-entry PENOBSCOT SEQUENTIAL INTERCEPT MAP: REVISED MARCH 2007

  14. Action Plan

  15. Penobscot Accomplishments • Creation of first boundary spanner positions – with no new funding • Pilot project developed – data tracked • Peer support grant obtained • CIT – jail and police force

  16. Kennebec Coalition • Call to Chief Justice • Conversion Foundation grant • Road blocks • Coalition building • Co-occurring Court • US DOJ grant • Steering Committee • Summitt

  17. Joint Action Plan • Legislative requirement • Penobscot is the model • Statewide steering committee

  18. Androscoggin Coalition • 2006-Present • SIM as guide • Penobscot as model

  19. CIT IN MAINE CIT COALITIONS

  20. History • 2000 first grants • 2001 Portland – 8 officers • 2002-2004 – Add sites; grant writing • 2004 – 2 Jail based CIT grants • 2005-2007 – Expansion grant with research • 2007 – obtained state funding

  21. CIT process • Organize local collaboration • “Sell” CIT • CIT as first collaboration or part of existing collaboration • CIT expansion • CIT marketing

  22. Expansion Grant • Ten funders • LIFP experience • Add 8 jails, 6 communities over two years • Research replicability • Data collection difficulties • Steering Committee for sustainability • Newsletter • Database of all CIT officers

  23. CIT Lessons learned • Leadership is everything • Maintenance needed • Officer Fatigue

  24. Looking Ahead • Portland’s sustainability plan? • To Stipend or Not to Stipend • Awards and other recognition • CIT is THE backbone

  25. Funding • Local funders • Conversion foundations • Byrne Grants • Federal grants (Samhsa, USDOJ) • State government buy in • Legislation

  26. Maine funding • DOT – Samhsa • Co-occurring Court – U.S. DOJ • Penobscot County – NIMH • CIT: 6 local foundations, Eli Lilly, Bristol Meyers Squibb. State government

  27. When you need funding • Government list serve for grant announcements. • Gains Center • Local funders (Maine Philanthropy Center and grant makers directory) • Foundation Center Directory • NAMI opportunity grants • Pharma

  28. Things we did without funding • Established coalitions • SIM for counties • OP Eds, Jail surveys, reports in 2000, 2002, 2007 • Started a co-occurring court • Mucho press – considerable awareness • Changed the agenda for the state

  29. LESSONS LEARNED • Coalitions can change the world if the right people are at the table • Planning keeps coalitions alive • Without strong leadership coalitions don’t continue • Visible accomplishments keep things going. • Thank god for SIM

  30. Lessons learned • You can do a lot without new money. • Coalitions may have a natural life and then end when their work is done. • Coalitions require strong leadership and maintenance • Planning and vision are important • When stuck, SIM

  31. TWO YEAR AGENDA • Sustainability (legislation) • Maintenance • Individual officer recognition • Individual program recognition • Data collection • Release of research re: CIT in jail • Certification

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