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Mental Health Office of Justice Programs

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families needing support for mental health and/or substance use disorders. Call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or TTY: 1-800-487-4889.

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URL: https://www.ojp.gov/topics/mental-health

Delivering Behavioral Health Bureau of Justice Assistance

WEBBehavioral health care provider requests of law enforcement can include data measurements such as the number of contacts between a person with behavioral health …

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Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Office …

WEBThe Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA's) Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) helps state prosecutors, defense attorneys, community …

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Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health …

WEBLearn more about this program and its impact in a February 2024 podcast episode and blog post.. The Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response …

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Employing Mental Health Clinicians to Improve Police …

WEBFebruary 6, 2024Law enforcement officers today are responding to calls where many residents are experiencing mental or behavioral health emergencies. While most …

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VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Initiative Overview

WEBOverview. The Officer Robert Wilson III Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) …

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Healthy Communities May Make Safe Communities: …

WEBCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, "The Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention," Atlanta, Ga.: Author, 2013.Dahlberg, Linda L., and James A. Mercy, The History of Violence …

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Fighting Stress in the Law Enforcement Community

WEBThis emphasis on health and wellness builds on earlier NIJ studies, such as a 1996 project to develop a law enforcement stress program for officers and their families. …

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Correctional Officer Safety and Wellness — What We …

WEBCorrectional officers play a pivotal role within the prison system. Yet, working as a correctional officer brings with it stressful and dangerous conditions that are unique …

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Safety, Health, and Wellness Strategic Research Plan …

WEB“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infrmity.” Importantly, this defnition highlights the well-being of a …

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The Importance of a Holistic Safety, Health, and Wellness Research

WEBResearch within health systems has also uncovered a correlation between medical staff well-being and patient outcomes. There is a similar relationship in the …

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Data on Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes from Prisons …

WEBThis report describes the results of a BJS study that assessed the feasibility of collecting data on maternal health and pregnancy outcomes from prisons and jails. It …

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Developing and Implementing Your Co-Responder Program

WEBTeams may differ by the type of health professional paired with a law enforcement officer. CRTs are trained to provide on-scene crisis de-escalation, …

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Elder Abuse & Financial Exploitation 2023 Report to the Nation

WEBThe National Elder Fraud Hotline. In March 2020, the Attorney General announced the launch of the DOJ National Elder Fraud Hotline. The toll free hotline, managed by OVC, …

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Five Things to Know About Women and Reentry

WEBHere are five things we know about women and reentry based on available data and research. 1. One in 138 women was under correctional supervision — in …

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Youth and the Juvenile Justice System: 2022 National Report

WEBBetween the 2012 and 2018 NSYC collections, the estimated number of youth reporting sexual victimization fell 48%, from 1,720 to 900 victims. In both 2012 and 2018, more …

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Research on the Mounting Problem of Correctional Officer Stress

WEBDiane Elliot, MD, FACP, FACSM, professor, Oregon Health & Science University and Oregon Health Workforce Center. According to a report on mindfulness …

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Funding Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

WEBDrug Courts and the Opioid Crisis: $30.6 Million. Youth Gangs and Violence: $22.7 Million. Delinquency Prevention and Intervention: $17.4 Million. Reentry Services for Youth and …

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Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative

WEBA collaborative approach to addressing community violence. In FY2022, the Department of Justice launched the Community Based Violence Intervention and …

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Identifying Needs Related to Managing Seriously Mentally Ill

WEBAccording to a consensus of recently convened corrections experts, a confluence of concerning trends is exacerbating a mental health crisis in correctional …

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Using Data and Science to Understand the Impact of COVID–19 on

WEBFor mental health and substance abuse treatment, counseling sessions and medication distributions in some jurisdictions were moved outdoors. Promising …

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Caring for Those In Custody National Institute of Justice

WEBTo improve health outcomes, there is a need for stronger partnerships and “warm handoffs” between the various organizations that provide care. (Warm handoffs …

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