criminal justice, mental health, and substance abuse technical assistance center
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Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse
Technical Assistance Center
Criminal Justice, Mental Health, Substance Abuse Reinvestment Grant Program Act
State-local partnershipCreate innovative programs for people
with mental illness and/or substance abuse in criminal justice system
23 grants awarded first year 12 Planning (1 year) 11 Implementation (3 year)
Statewide Programs
Planning counties focused on strategic planning
Implementation counties include Mental health courts Pre-trial diversion programs Forensic ACT team Jail diversion programs
Technical Assistance Center
Placed in the Mental Health, Law and Policy Department within FMHI at USF
Duties Aid grantee counties in planning Provide information on best practices Evaluate impact of program for legislature and
Governor Provide suggestions on program revisions
Assistance to Date
Application of the Sequential Intercept ModelAssistance with grant preparationGuidance for choosing a target populationMonitoring the effect of a proposed interventionStrategic planning and local system developmentCost effectiveness, cost offset and avoidance
methodsSharing HIPAA expertiseClearinghouse for CJMHSA dataSystem wide and county specific data analysisWebsite www.floridatac.org
Visit us at www.floridatac.orgContact Us
John Petrila, J.D. LL.M
813-974-9301
Nicolette Springer, M.S.
813-974-7966
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