Data-Driven Justice
The full collection of resources available through the Data-Driven Justice Resource Library is provided here, including information on building community support, identifying high utilizers, using and sharing data, diverting to what, strengthening the pretrial system, funding and sustainability and webinars/call logs/other events. Learning from experts and peers is an important part of developing, planning, implementing and scaling successful data-driven justice strategies that address the needs of individuals who repeatedly cycle through jails, emergency rooms, shelters and other services and those who can safely remain in the community pending trial. Community leaders are encouraged to use these resources when pursing and launching data-driven justice initiatives in order to more effectively serve their community.
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BlogThere is a drastic overlap between people with mental health and those who are most often arrested and sent to prison or jail. In the U.S. 4 percent of the general population suffers from some sort of mental illness. That rate is almost five times higher when looking at incarcerated populations.
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Blog
NACo announces FFI peer-learning sites
The Familiar Faces Initiative (FFI): Improving Outcomes through Coordinated Health and Justice Systems launched on May 12, underscoring community leaders’ commitment to improving life outcomes for high-needs residents with complex behavioral health conditions. -
Reports & Toolkits
How County Elected Officials Can Support Crisis Triage Centers: A Place for Community Members to Go During a Behavioral Health Emergency
County elected officials can support community members during a behavioral health emergency by increasing access to services such as crisis triage centers. These centers offer residents a physical location to access stabilization, treatment and connections to community-based services. -
Reports & Toolkits
County Guide for Reducing Jail Populations and Costs
County officials are implementing data-driven and evidence-based policies, practices and programs to decrease jail populations, reduce associated costs and meet the social and safety needs of communities. -
Blog
Familiar Faces Initiative Case Study: Minnehaha County, S.D.
Download Case Study. Improving Outcomes through Coordinated Health and Justice Systems FFI Case Study: Minnehaha County, South Dakota -
Blog
Announcing the Familiar Faces Leadership Network
The Familiar Faces Initiative (FFI): Improving Outcomes through Coordinated Health and Justice Systems launched on May 12, underscoring community leaders’ commitment to improving life outcomes for high-needs residents with complex behavioral health conditions. -
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Applications Open for NACo’s Familiar Faces Leadership Network
The Leadership Network aims to strengthen the capacity of county and city leaders to collect and share data across local departments and providers so that jurisdictions can identify their familiar faces and align these systems to improve outcomes for their highest-needs residents. -
County News
Data sharing can keep ‘familiar faces’ from facing jail’s revolving door
In many communities, vital service systems do not have the means to communicate and share information about their most frequent users, possibly letting their underlying needs go unmet. -
Webinar
Somewhere to Go During a Behavioral Health Emergency: Crisis Triage Centers and Behavioral Health Clinics
Apr. 4, 2022 , 3:00 pm – 4:00 pmCounties are partnering with health care providers to establish crisis triage centers that offer in-person treatment and services to people experiencing a behavioral health emergency. -
Blog
Someone to Call During a Behavioral Health Emergency: Transitioning to 988 in Every County
Counties are integral to America’s behavioral health system and will be a vital force for building robust continuums of care for people with behavioral health conditions such as mental illness and/or substance use disorders. -
Workshop
Someone to Call: Reimagining the County Crisis Response System through 988 Implementation
As key administrators of the local behavioral health safety net, counties leverage crisis response services to meet the immediate mental and behavioral needs of residents.
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