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GAINS EBP Center for Persons in the Justice System (Delmar, NY)
National GAINS Center. Center for Evidence Based Programs in the Criminal Justice System (Delmar, NY)

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Center for Mental Health Services (Washington, DC)

Published 2004. 7 pages.

The "best examples of integrated mental health-criminal planning . . . [being those] that have developed state commissions on mentally ill offenders" are highlighted. Programs briefly described include: Council on Offenders with Mental Impairments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice); Council on Offenders with Mental Impairments (Arizona Department of Health Services' Division of Behavioral Health Services); and the Council on Mentally Ill Offenders (California Youth and Adult Correctional Agency). Action steps for similar planning efforts and available support are also discussed. Accession Number: 020117

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