Mental health
Employing Mental Health Clinicians to Improve Police Outcomes (Archived Content)
February 2024
Series
Law enforcement agencies are teaming up with mental health clinicians to improve behavioral health responses and allow police officers to focus on crime reduction. In this episode of Justice Today, our host discusses how Denver police work side-by-side with mental health clinicians to treat residents experiencing mental health emergencies and connect them with treatment.
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Employing Mental Health Clinicians to Improve Police Outcomes
Learn how law enforcement agencies are teaming up with mental health clinicians to improve behavioral health responses and allow police officers to focus on crime reduction.
FY23 JMHCP and Connect & Protect Orientation Webinar Part 1: Grant and Training and Technical Assistance Information
Event Dates
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Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
FY23 JMHCP and Connect & Protect Orientation Webinar Part 2: Budget, Grant Management, and Performance Measurement
Event Dates
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Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Incorporating a Social Worker in Frontline Law Enforcement Responses
Learn how the Hodgenville Police Department used JAG funds to add a full-time social worker to join uniformed officers in responding to select service calls involving people with behavioral health issues.
Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program
This program supports law enforcement partnerships with mental health, substance use disorder, and community service agencies to improve responses to individuals in crisis who have behavioral health conditions or intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities.
Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program
This program supports law enforcement and behavioral health cross-system collaboration to improve public health and safety responses to and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
FY24 U.S. Department of Justice Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation
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Building Successful Partnerships with Peer-Run Organizations
Date Published
November 2023
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Examination of a Community-based, Multifaceted Program for Juvenile Offenders and Their Families
Journal
Safer Communities
Date Published
2022
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Does Bail Reform Decarcerate Mental Illness? Public Health Challenges for a Large County Jail System
Journal
Journal of Correctional Health Care
Date Published
2022
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Social Support During Incarceration: Predictors of External Social Support for Incarcerated Individuals
Journal
American Journal of Criminal Justice
Date Published
2023
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Utilizing a combined hospital and criminal justice database to identify risk factors for repeat firearm injury or violent-crime arrest among firearm victims
Journal
Medicine Science and the Law
Date Published
2023
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Characteristics of Recently Incarcerated Primary Care Patients With and Without a Positive Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screening Upon Clinic Intake
Journal
Psychological Trauma-Theory Research Practice and Policy
Date Published
2023
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
A Standardized Matrix for Mental Health Diversion Program Reporting
Journal
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
Date Published
2023
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Engaging and Leveraging Community-Based Organizations in Your Crisis System
Event Dates
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Eastern
Location
Online
Event Type
Webinar
Registration Status
Open
From the Desk of BJA - October 2023 (Archived Content)
In this article, hear from BJA Director Moore about officer safety and wellness.
Saving Lives Through Resilience Training
Read the feature story from the October 2023 issue of the Justice Matters newsletter to learn about training and resources offered through the National Suicide Awareness for Law Enforcement Officers Program.
Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) - Introduction to Training and Technical Assistance
October 2023
Series
Held September 13, 2023, this webinar provided information to SCIP grantees about the training and technical assistance available through the program.
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Spotlight on How to Help Your Law Enforcement Loved One
Date Published
January 2023
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Spotlight on Suicide Exposure in Law Enforcement Officers
Date Published
February 2023
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Spotlight on the Connection Between Physical Wellness and Mental Wellness
Date Published
July 2023
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description