Apply Now to Join Stepping Up’s 2023 Set, Measure, Achieve Community of Practice: Leveraging Data to Support Programming, Equity, and Sustainability

The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center is hosting a virtual Community of Practice (CoP) to support Stepping Up counties in demonstrating reduced prevalence of mental illness in local justice systems through Set, Measure, Achieve. This CoP will be led by CSG Justice Center staff, with featured presentations from peer counties, and will build upon previous CoPs that more than 30 county teams participated in from April to November 2022. This CoP will combine returning county teams from previous CoP series in addition to welcoming new county teams. The CoP will (1) facilitate discussions of data related to the Stepping Up four key measures as well as programs and practices that can have an impact on those measures; (2) support counties in making the case with data for advancing racial equity and sustaining their efforts; and (3) provide one-on-one support for county teams outside the CoP sessions.

Upon completion of the CoP, participants will:

Understand how to identify racial and ethnic disparities in justice and behavioral health system process or outcome data
Identify one step, policy, or practice that will improve outcomes for people involved in the justice system with serious mental illness (SMI) and co-occurring substance use disorders and/or reduce racial and ethnic disparities among this population, working in partnership with people who have lived experience in the justice and behavioral health systems
Be able to make the case for sustaining programs or practices by using outcome data from their Set, Measure, Achieve efforts

These sessions will be held in partnership with the National Association of Counties and the American Psychiatric Association Foundation, with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).

Dates:

· Tuesday, June 13

· Tuesday, July 18

· Tuesday, August 22

· Tuesday, September 19

All sessions will take place 1:00–2:30 p.m. ET.

If you are interested in participating, submit this application by Thursday, June 1. A member of the CSG Justice Center staff will follow up with you by Thursday, June 8. If you have any questions, contact Mark Stovell at mstovell@csg.org.

This application should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.