PPT Slide
Strengths Oriented Strategy for Success
Pre-Book Book to Disposition Discharge
. Resolve crisis` . Exercise options . Assess needs
. Connect to Tx. . Assess capacity . Reconnect
. Engage early . Assess responsibility . Coordinate svcs
. Avoid arrest . Acquire resources . Supervise
System and Program Improvements
Offender and System Outcomes
. Police, courts & pros/def have a dispositional alternative
. Less corrections resources devoted to mentally ill “high-end users”
. Coordinated case management
. MH system accomplishes treatment mission
. decreased arrests . decreased symptoms . Decreased demand for treatment
. decreased jail days . Increased connectedness and supervision of PwMI
. increased housing stability . Increased attention to public
. increased work safety mission
. Access to expert MH resources
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