Which Way Out? was a national conference held from November 14-16, 2007 that highlighted Allegheny County’s efforts to divert persons with mental illness from the criminal justice system.
Workshops highlighted local programs at the five intercept points along the Sequential Intercept Model—addressing the elements of success and the challenges to planning, implementation, evaluating, and sustaining programs that decriminalize behavioral health disorders.
National model programs in the areas of police-based crisis intervention, pre-/post-booking jail diversion, specialty courts, re-entry and reintegration, and community supervision for persons with mental illness, substance abuse and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders were also presented.
Who Attended
This conference attracted individuals interested in justice-related behavioral health issues, including those from law enforcement, local and state corrections, behavioral health and other service provider agencies, court personnel, policy and program decision-makers, and behavioral health consumers and families.
Participants List
Featured Speakers
Featured speakers included Sequential Intercept Model developers Patricia A. Griffin, Ph.D., and Mark R. Munetz, MD.
Guest speaker, Peter Earley, author of the acclaimed non-fiction book, Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness, discussed his examination of the mental health system in the U.S. and what it was like to be on the inside looking out when his son was declared mentally ill.
Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D., president and founder of Policy Research Associates discussed the future of diversion.
The following are links to all of the presentations and support materials from the Which Way Out? conference:
Wednesday
Victoria Cochran, JD; Crisis Intervention Team, New River Valley
Replicating CIT in Rural Settings: Challenge, Innovation, Transformation
Bobby Dillard, Forensic Service Coordinator and In-Reach Project Coordinator and Sherod Edmonds, Administrative Service Coordinator, Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy Center Starr Program
Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy Center Starr Program
Presentation Outline
Course Descriptions
Calendar
Patricia A. Griffin, Ph.D., and Mark R. Munetz, MD. The Sequential Intercept Model
The Sequential Intercept Model
Robert Weisman, Director of Project Link and ACT
Integrating Criminal Justice, Community Healthcare, and Support Services for Adults with Severe Mental Disorders
Integrating Criminal Justice, Community Healthcare, and Support Services for Adults with Severe Mental Disorders, published in the Psychiatirc Quarterly July 12, 2003
Amy McNicholas Kroll and Clyde Ledbetter. Allegheny County DHS, Office of Behavioral Health, Justice-Related Services
Allegheny County's Justice Related State Support Services
L. David Murphy, Project Director and Debra Srebnik, Ph.D., Project Evaluator. King County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division
Criminal Justice Initiatives (CJI) Second Year Outcomes
Eric Olson, LCPC, Court Coordinator, 7th Judicial District Mental Health Court
Bonneville County Mental Health Court
Travis Parker, M.S., L.M.H.P., C.P.C., Program Director, Behavioral Health Jail Diversion Program of Lancaster County
Behavioral Health Jail Diversion Program of Lancaster County, Nebraska
Melissa Reuland, Research Consultant, Police Executive Research Forum, CSG Justice Center
Specialized Police-based Responses to People with Mental Illness: Effective Training Strategies
Joe Stommel M.S., Chief of Rehabilitation Programs, Colorado Department of Corrections
Which Way Out? The Case for Community Corrections
Thursday Morning
Rev. Donald L. Isaac, Executive Director, East of the River Clergy-Police-Community Partnership
East of the River Clergy-Police-Community Partnership
Diana T. Myers and Associates, Inc.
Healing and Housing - Essential Community Components for Diversion and Re-Entry Programs
Housing Options and the Sequential Intercept Model
Christine L. Raffaele, Family Law Program Manager, Specialized Dockets Section, Supreme Court of Ohio
Intercept 3 Specialty Courts, Statewide Planning of Mental Health Courts
Jenny Remack, BSW CAC III, Director of Clinical Services and Doug Carrigan, M.P.A. Chief Operations Officer -- Independence House Fillmore, Modified Therapeutic Community
Independence House Fillmore, Modified Therapeutic Community
Melissa Reuland, Research Consultant, Police Executive Research Forum, CSG Justice Center
Specialized Police-based Responses to People with Mental Illness: Effective Training Strategies
Cindy A. Schwartz, MS, MBA, Project Director, Eleventh Judicial Criminal Mental Health Project, Jail Diversion Program
Measures and Analysis
Amnon Shoenfeld, King County Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Developing Partnerships for System Change in King County, Washington
Kris Watson, Training and Technical Assistance Project Director and Lily Brent, Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator, Family Justice
Tapping Strengths to Promote Family Health and Well-Being
Role Playing 1
Role Playing 2
Thursday Afternoon
Carol Carothers and Karen Lenzen, NAMI Maine
Using Coalitions to Foster Jail Diversion
Lance Couturier, Ph.D.; Patricia A. Griffin, Ph.D.; Robert Kelsey; and Nancy Wieman, Regional Planning in Pennsylvania: Using the Sequential Intercept Model in Five Counties
Regional Planning in Pennsylvania: Using the Sequential Intercept Model in Five Counties
Officer Joan Logan, Montgomery County, Maryland
Reducing the Revolving Door Through a Shared Response
Dr. Geraldine F. Nagy, Director, Travis County Community Supervision and Corrections Department & Pretrial Services
Travis County Community Supervision Mental Health Intervention
Travis County Probation: A Mental Health Learning Site
Travis Parker, M.S., L.M.H.P., C.P.C., Program Director, Behavioral Health Jail Diversion Program of Lancaster County
Evaluation Findings
Michele Saunders, LCSW; David Wooledge, B.A.; Glenn Koons and moderator Dick Jevon. Where Advocates Intercept with Diversion
Where Advocates Intercept with Diversion
Cindy A. Schwartz, MS, MBA, Project Director, Eleventh Judicial Criminal Mental Health Project, Jail Diversion Program
Making Jail the Last Resort
Friday
Hartwell Dowling, Administrative of the Courts, Maine Judicial Branch
Development and Evaluation of a Co-Occurring Disorders Court
Linda Frisman, Ph.D., CT Dept Mental Health & Addiction Services
A Women's Diversion Program for Trauma Survivors
Amy Kroll, DHS OBH Forensic Services Unit and Karen McLellan, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
The Forensic Behavioral Health Subcommittee of the Allegheny County Criminal Justice Advisory Borad Strategic Plan 2005-2010
Betsy Maurer, LMSW, MPRI-MI Program Administrator
Michigan Prisoner Re-Entry for the Mentally Ill Offender: Overcoming the Challenges
Risdon Slate, Ph.D., Florida Southern College and Michele Saunders, LCSW, Executive Director, Florida Partners in Crisis
The Role of Advocacy in System Change
Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D., Policy Research Associates
What Data Should We Collect: Don't Overdo It
Ralph Zaccheo, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Vocational Programs
Department of Veterans Affairs, Therapeutic and Supported Employment Services: A Community Partner for Veterans with Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Issues