Marion ‘Stepping Up’ to reduce number of people with mental illness in jail
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, annually, an estimated 2 million people suffering from serious mental illnesses are booked into local jails across the United States. It’s a growing...
View ArticleLenawee County starting program aimed at reducing mentally ill people in...
Lenawee County is implementing a new program called Stepping Up, which applies a systems-based approach with the goal of reducing the number of individuals with mental illness and related disorders in...
View ArticleOpioid settlement money, effort to reduce mental illness in jail approved by...
La Crosse County will enter a settlement agreement with the distributors and manufacturer of opioids. The count also is joining a nationwide initiative to reduce the number of people with mental...
View ArticleHenry County, Georgia Passes Stepping Up Resolution
At its regular meeting on June 6, a resolution was brought before the Henry County Board of Commissioners in support of the national “Stepping Up Initiative” which will work to decriminalize and bring...
View ArticleMedina County commissioners pass resolution regarding ‘Stepping Up’ initiative
Discover how Medina County commissioners are taking action on the Stepping Up Initiative with a new resolution. The impactful resolution aims to enhance mental health services for individuals in the...
View ArticleCounty Approves Resolution to Adopt Step-Up Initiative
The Crawford County Commission on Tuesday approved a resolution to adopt the Step-Up Initiative throughout the county to reduce the number of people suffering from mental illness … Read the full article
View ArticleLafourche Parish Correctional Complex Receives Innovation Award
Sheriff Craig Webre announced the National Institute for Jail Operations has recognized the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex with the Detention Facility Innovation Award for programming and...
View ArticleGov. Mike DeWine Wants Twin Fix: More Psych Beds, Better Mental Health Care...
One in three inmates in Ohio have a mental illness, forcing jails to act as the de facto treatment centers, according to the Stepping Up Initiative, which seeks to divert people with serious mental...
View ArticlePolk County Sobering Center Secures $750K in Federal Funds as It Aims to Open...
Polk County’s first-ever sobering center has received a $750,000 investment from the federal government as construction continues with the aim to open this fall. The facility, called the Polk County...
View ArticleDepartment of Corrections Creates Mental Health Dashboard to Lower...
The mental health of people who run into the law is front of mind for the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. “Currently, within our nation, there are more than 2 million people with mental...
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