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<br />and supporting these recommendations are documents from the TAPA Center for Jail <br />Diversion, SAMSHA, the National GAINS Center for Co-Occurring Disorders, as well as <br />numerous journal articles. <br /> <br />Tvpes of Diversion Prol!rams <br />The National GAINS Center (United States Department of Health and Human Services, <br />Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) provides the following <br />descriptions of the two general categories of jail diversion programs, defined by the point <br />in criminal justice processing where diversion occurs. <br /> <br />Pre-bookin!! diversion vs. Post-bookin!! diversion~. <br />According to Draine and Solomon, effective jail diversion se~.il:esshould have two <br />components of intervention. The first is the means by whigl}r~inerson is identified within <br />the criminal justice process as having a mental illness an~\i~ th~~~ppropriately diverted <br />to treatment. The second is the system of integrated servilies to wli'ich,the person is <br />diverted. '1- '" <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Selectin!! or Creatin!! a Model for Pilotin!!,I' \ile <br />"You don't have to re-invent the wheel," noted one~~~1W.~fi!ator in addressing where <br />others seeking to implement these procedures should's~~. "There are enough examples <br />out there that you can borrow a little from here and a little .from there to put together <br />something that fits your jurisdiction." <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Taki~g the tim~ to eva.luate programs that{are ~gr!l~li~~ial to n:ak.in~ ~ info~ed <br />decIsIon regardmg whIc~'n!opel to emulat~W1.Jilodlfy~..w:y state or jUnSdlctlOn pOised to <br />launch a program that.rn71y;itW'n~gt people wiW, severe mfntal illness should be able to <br />be .,//1". ~'Z""l d' 'fi, <br />answer anum er oliQ)lFstlOns, IJ;W u mg: ''A, <br />(I) Which'spe~ilicprogfalns were eval~atea? <br />"'~\~'i,iLi . /i[A"'~ WW",F <br />(2) Wh~tare thereJ~9psifQtt\~!~Wl~ti.IJg}or modifying a model? <br />(3) H9w,7!~~0;~ed ~t;~~dge~"'d~f~tis'e attorneys, prosecuting attorneys, and the <br />mentallf~alth,servi2'eiJ:!roviders in selecting or developing proposed processes <br />and establJill'Kg eligiliilitx~ctiteria? <br />Is formalizingtlijymges 1~iween criminal justice and mental health service <br />ystems a primkr-y objective of the diversion program? <br />(5) Is'if~\mental he~lth services provider willing to accept or continue to work <br />with''flrHividuaI1with severe mental illness who have come into contact with <br />W::'?;~I$'h: W <br />the crirninal'justice system? <br />(6) Since a gJ'liI is to decrease involvement in the criminal justice system and <br />increase ~tilization of community-based mental health services, what is the <br />plan to secure any additional funding needed to provide the mental health and <br />substance abuse treatment and supportive services necessary to support a <br />Treatment Plan/Court-Ordered Alternative Sentence? <br /> <br /> <br />Programs highlighted by the TAPA Center for Jail Diversion (a branch of the National <br />GAINS Center) in their publication dated February 2004, "Non-Specialtv First <br />Appearance Court Models for Diverting Persons with Mental Illness: Alternatives to <br />Mental Health Courts" have. been reviewed. The key difference between these programs <br /> <br />Jail Intervention Coordinating Committee <br /> <br />2 <br />