Using Coalitions to Foster Jail Diversion

1. Using Coalitions to Foster Jail Diversion Presented by NAMI Maine Carol Carothers and Karen Lenzen

2. Outline • How did NAMI Maine develop successful diversion coalitions • How did we blend CIT into those efforts • Raising money • The Sequential Intercept Model

3. Precipitating events • 2/2000 – James Thomas, “A teens last trip to prison” • Ken Moore – Maine Times article

4. Step One:Research • National • Up the River, Travels in a Prison Nation • New Jack • Crazy • online • State – press clippings • Meet with Sheriffs Association • Local – jail survey

5. Step Two: Awareness • Generate press • Op Eds • Press calls – pitch stories • Release report • Collect names of callers

6. Step Three: Planning • What is needed? • Who can help decide what is needed: list of partners that will be needed • Issue invitation to join coalition.

7. First meeting

8. 2000 to 2003 – The Coalition on Mental Illness, Substance Abuse and Criminal Justice. Mission and members Statewide Drafted omnibus legislation Members review Hired lobbyist Followed first legislation and subsequent study Mission accomplished - disbanded NAMI MAINE’S COALITIONS

9. Cumberland County Coalition • 2001- Present • Existing Coalition • CIT grant • DOT grant

10. Penobscot County Coalition • 2003 - Present • Sheriff call for help • NIMH grant • Penquis CAP grant

11. Sequential Intercept Model • Model for organizing discussion of diversion and linkage alternatives and for systematically addressing criminalization • Based on public health principles • Developed in Ohio and adopted by GAINS Center • Where to intervene; at what “intercept”.

12. Intercepts • One: Law enforcement and emergency services • Two: Initial Hearings and Detention • Three: Jails and Courts • Four: Reentry from jails, prisons, hospitals • Five: Community corrections and Community support

13. PR Bail, Release, Court ordered eval., Family VOA bail contract Bail conditions-V0A Community ACT ICI CSW ICM Therapy. Residential S.A. OP S.A. IOP ½ way house Probation Peer Support Bed gatekeeper - DHHS Boundary spanner Cite- Release Community Corrections Law Enforcement Court Disposition 1st Court Visit Arrest Detention Jail CIT Response Crisis Assessment Crisis Assessment DHHS ICM linkage Enhanced Drug Court Jail Screening; In-jail treatment – Peer supports MH Ride-along Relink to MH Services, family., friend VOA – bail contract ER; Hospitalization; 72 Hr. Bed.; Detox; Rapid Response Discharge Planning; Pre-release services ER or Crisis Bed Hospital Substance abuse treatment mandate DOC re-entry worker Intercept 1 – Law Enforcement/Crisis Intercept 2 – Booking; Initial Appearance Intercept 5 - Community Intercept 3 – Jails, Courts Intercept 4 – Re-entry PENOBSCOT SEQUENTIAL INTERCEPT MAP: REVISED MARCH 2007

14. Action Plan

15. Penobscot Accomplishments • Creation of first boundary spanner positions – with no new funding • Pilot project developed – data tracked • Peer support grant obtained • CIT – jail and police force

16. Kennebec Coalition • Call to Chief Justice • Conversion Foundation grant • Road blocks • Coalition building • Co-occurring Court • US DOJ grant • Steering Committee • Summitt

17. Joint Action Plan • Legislative requirement • Penobscot is the model • Statewide steering committee

18. Androscoggin Coalition • 2006-Present • SIM as guide • Penobscot as model

19. CIT IN MAINE CIT COALITIONS

20. History • 2000 first grants • 2001 Portland – 8 officers • 2002-2004 – Add sites; grant writing • 2004 – 2 Jail based CIT grants • 2005-2007 – Expansion grant with research • 2007 – obtained state funding

21. CIT process • Organize local collaboration • “Sell” CIT • CIT as first collaboration or part of existing collaboration • CIT expansion • CIT marketing

22. Expansion Grant • Ten funders • LIFP experience • Add 8 jails, 6 communities over two years • Research replicability • Data collection difficulties • Steering Committee for sustainability • Newsletter • Database of all CIT officers

23. CIT Lessons learned • Leadership is everything • Maintenance needed • Officer Fatigue

24. Looking Ahead • Portland’s sustainability plan? • To Stipend or Not to Stipend • Awards and other recognition • CIT is THE backbone

25. Funding • Local funders • Conversion foundations • Byrne Grants • Federal grants (Samhsa, USDOJ) • State government buy in • Legislation

26. Maine funding • DOT – Samhsa • Co-occurring Court – U.S. DOJ • Penobscot County – NIMH • CIT: 6 local foundations, Eli Lilly, Bristol Meyers Squibb. State government

27. When you need funding • Government list serve for grant announcements. • Gains Center • Local funders (Maine Philanthropy Center and grant makers directory) • Foundation Center Directory • NAMI opportunity grants • Pharma

28. Things we did without funding • Established coalitions • SIM for counties • OP Eds, Jail surveys, reports in 2000, 2002, 2007 • Started a co-occurring court • Mucho press – considerable awareness • Changed the agenda for the state

29. LESSONS LEARNED • Coalitions can change the world if the right people are at the table • Planning keeps coalitions alive • Without strong leadership coalitions don’t continue • Visible accomplishments keep things going. • Thank god for SIM

30. Lessons learned • You can do a lot without new money. • Coalitions may have a natural life and then end when their work is done. • Coalitions require strong leadership and maintenance • Planning and vision are important • When stuck, SIM

31. TWO YEAR AGENDA • Sustainability (legislation) • Maintenance • Individual officer recognition • Individual program recognition • Data collection • Release of research re: CIT in jail • Certification