Guidelines For The Successful Transition Of People With Behavioral Health Disorders From Jail And Prison

In November 2013, SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation and the Council of State Governments Justice Center published a technical assistance resource designed to promote the behavioral health and criminal justice partnerships necessary to successfully identify which people need behavioral health services, what services they need, and how to match these needs upon transition to community-based treatment and supervision. These guidelines build upon the APIC approach and its emphasis on "building lasting bridges" between behavioral health and criminal justice systems to achieve "coordinated and continual health care for clients in both systems." Through applying these . . .