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The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) are offering a virtual Community of Practice for interdisciplinary teams seeking to implement effective criminal case management for people with behavioral health needs. The Community of Practice will include both one-on-one consultation and opportunities for peer learning and sharing. This series is supported by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance.

To be eligible for participation, each team must include a judge, court administrator, and county behavioral health leader. In total, teams should include five to seven people whose input is needed to implement data-driven policy change in how courts and communities respond to cases involving people with behavioral health needs.

If you are interested in participating, submit this application form no later than Friday, June 4, 2021. Please have only one person per team complete the application.

A member of the CSG Justice Center staff will be in touch with you about your application by June 11, 2021. CSG Justice Center and NCSC staff will be conducting one-on-one outreach to participating teams prior to the first session on June 24, 2021, to better understand each team’s plans and goals for the Community of Practice.

If you have any questions, contact Katie Herman at kherman@csg.org.

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* 1. Court name:

Team Members

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* 2. Team point of contact:

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* 3. Judge:

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* 4. Court administrator:

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* 5. Behavioral health representative:

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* 6. Other member:

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* 7. Other member:

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* 8. Other member:

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* 9. Other member:

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* 10. Are all team members able to attend and actively participate in all four Community of Practice sessions?

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* 11. Are all team members able and willing to participate in one-on-one technical assistance between Community of Practice sessions?

Community of Practice

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* 12. What would your team most like to learn from this Community of Practice?

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* 13. What is a data-driven policy change goal you would like to work toward during this Community of Practice?

Data

In this section, you will be asked to consider your community's data capabilities with respect to the following data points: 
  • Civil commitments
    • Number of civil commitment petitions filed  
  • Competency 
    • Number of referrals (motions filed) for competency evaluations
    • Outcomes of competency hearings (e.g., fit to stand trial, unfit to stand trial, admission to state psychiatric hospitals
  • Case processes for people with behavioral health needs
    • Beginning/start date of case
    • End (or end pending) of the case/disposition date
    • Sentence type (e.g., death penalty, life in prison, state prison, county jail, probation, fines, restitution, community service)
    • Manner of disposition (e.g., jury trial, bench trial, guilty plea, diversion)
    • Result of disposition (e.g., conviction; acquittal, including acquittal by reason of mental illness; diversion to problem-solving court)
  • Pretrial release by bail/bond for people with behavioral health needs
    • Percentage of individuals with serious mental illnesses (SMI), substance use disorders (SUD), or co-occurring mental illnesses and substance use disorders (CODs) who were eligible for bail
    • Percentage of individuals with mental illnesses who were bail/bond eligible and made bail
    • Number of failures to appear among people with behavioral health needs
  • Diversion and problem-solving court information for people with behavioral health needs
    • Diversion program/problem-solving court type
  • Recidivism of people with behavioral health needs
    • Number of cases involving people with behavioral health needs who were rearrested after serving a jail sentence
  • Jail data
    • Number of people in jail who screened positive for behavioral health disorders according to a validated behavioral health screening
    • Number of people who were confirmed as having behavioral health disorders through a clinical assessment at the jail or as a result of data matching with state or local behavioral health systems
    • Average length of stay for people who have behavioral health needs by classification and release type (including pretrial population, sentenced population, bail/bond release)
    • Percentage of people who have behavioral health needs that are connected to community-based behavioral health services upon release by release type
  • Behavioral health data
    • Number of people served at community behavioral health (BH) facility who also interacted with the justice system
    • Percentage of individuals indicating they experienced homelessness in the year before receiving treatment at the community BH facility and also interacted with the justice system

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* 14. Choose a data point from the dropdown menu. In the following question, you will be asked to describe your ability to track this data point.

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* 15. Describe your ability to track the data point chosen in question 14.

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* 16. Choose a second data point from the dropdown menu. In the following question, you will be asked to describe your ability to track this data point.

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* 17. Describe your ability to track the data point chosen in question 16.

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* 18. Choose a third data point from the dropdown menu. In the following question, you will be asked to describe your ability to track this data point.

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* 19. Describe your ability to track the data point chosen in question 18.

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* 20. How do you currently use the aforementioned data points for cases involving people with behavioral health needs?

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