Friday, April 19, 2024
4/19/2024
Nevada’s Rural Region is requesting funds to enhance early jail diversion to divert adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) or Co-occurring Disorders (COD) away from the criminal justice system. The region is a rural jurisdiction covering Churchill, Lyon, Carson, and Douglas Counties. This rural region is home to 179,016 residents and is located East of the state’s capital. The region encompasses 8,050 square miles and is nearly the size of New Jersey State. The counties have a documented history of cross-system collaboration, as evidenced by ongoing regional meetings to implement and enhance the Sequential Intercept Model throughout the region. The region will implement an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team to support community members identified at early intercept points. The target population are adults with a serious mental illness (SMI) or co-occurring disorder (COD) experiencing chronic crisis who are identified through Mobile Outreach Safety Teams (MOST) and Crisis Intervention Trained (CIT) law enforcement officers in the first intercept. The region will consider veterans a priority population. The region will serve a minimum of 300 individuals through ACT early jail diversion programming. The goals of the program are: Goal 1: Enhance collaboration planning between the community-based providers, behavioral health, and law enforcement. Goal 2: Increase identification of people with mental health and co-occurring disorders at early intercept points in the criminal justice system. Goal 3: Increase front-end diversion of people with mental health and co-occurring disorders.
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