1 Veteran‐Specific Innovations in Criminal Justice – VA and SAMHSA Initiatives April 17, 2012 David Morrissette Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA Sam Shore Veteran’s Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery, SAMHSA Aaron Diaz Center for Health Care Services, San Antonio Texas Gilbert Gonzales Center for Health Care Services, San Antonio Texas Jim McGuire Veterans Administration Charles Brown Goodwill Industries of Houston David Sands Veterans Administration Stephan Haimowitz NVTAC Burton Blatt Institute
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Veteran‐Specific Innovations in Criminal Justice –
Screening - Veterans with trauma-related disorders
Trauma informed care (TIC) and trauma specific care: principles of safety, choice, client control, consumer involvement, trauma-specific treatment (train staff and clients)
Build community service competency treating veterans and coordinate services between VA and non VA providers, maximizing participant choice.
Peer presence on Advisory Boards and services provision
Establish Leadership - State and Local Advisory Committees
Support existing programs
Sustainability
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JDTR Dissemination
Provide Training in:
Trauma-Informed Care
Trauma-Specific Treatment
Coordinate State Assets to Support Veterans
Small grants to support development of trauma- integrated JD services
Build on existing community infrastructure
Increase use of peers and trauma practices
Develop required linkages among essential service providers – VA, SA, MH, Law Enforcement, Recovery Supports (including employment)
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Sequential Intercept ModelSequential Intercept Model
Aaron Diaz & Gilbert Gonzales Center for Health Care Services, San Antonio Texas
Aaron Diaz, Director of Crisis and Jail Diversion email: [email protected]
Gilbert Gonzales, Director of Communications and Diversion Initiatives email: [email protected]
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Purpose•
Establish community-based “best practices”
for diverting veterans with trauma-related mental health needs from incarceration and into treatment.
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Best practices–
Workforce training in trauma (TBD) –
Workforce training in veteran issues (TBD)–
Trauma screening (PTSD Checklist -
short version)–
Trauma assessment (Clinician-Admin PTSD Scale)–
Trauma therapy (Seeking Safety)–
Regular input/feedback from stakeholders, including veterans (Advisory Committees)
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Intercept Point 1:
Crisis Response
PRE‐BOOKING
Intercept Point 2:
Magistration
PRE‐
& POST‐
BOOKING Diversion
CHCS trauma‐related
jail diversion servicesBexar County Jail
Point of
Contact with
Law
Enforcement Crisis
Center
Restoration
Center
Assessors screen for Vet
Status and PTSD
Trauma Counselors assess for
PTSD
Trauma Counselors
provide services
Jail Diversion - Veterans
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CHCS Public Safety NetCHCS Public Safety Net
www.gainscenter.samhsa.gov
800.311.4246
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VA - Justice-Involved Veterans
Jim McGuire, LCSW, PhD National Director , VA’s Justice Programs: Healthcare for Reentry Veterans Program and Veterans Justice Outreach
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VA - Justice-Involved Veterans
• A justice-involved Veteran is:– in contact with local law enforcement who can be appropriately diverted from
arrest into mental health or substance abuse treatment;– in a local jail, either pre-trial or serving a sentence; or,– involved in adjudication or monitoring by a court
• Related issue:– Reentry for Veterans being discharged from State and Federal Prisons
• 82% of justice-involved Veterans are likely VA health care eligible (BJS)
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Points of Contact
• Health Care for Reentry Veterans (HCRV) Specialists by region (prison outreach): http://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/Reentry.asp
– Jessica Blue-Howells, National Coordinator, Healthcare for Reentry Veterans
• Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) Specialists by medical center (law enforcement, jails, courts): http://www1.va.gov/HOMELESS/VJO.asp
– Sean Clark, National Coordinator, Veterans Justice Outreach [email protected] (202) 461-1931
Charles Brown is the Program Manager for the Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program (IVTP). He is an Army Veteran Field Artillery with 8 years of active and reserve service in the U.S. Army. He has several years’ experience working to place previously incarcerated individuals into employment, and has spent time in the for-profit sector at various levels of management and leadership.
Charles Brown
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Goodwill Homeless VETS
Programs
Goodwill Industries provides the following programs for Homeless Veterans:
IVTP -
Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program
HVRP -
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program
FHVRP -
Female Veterans and Veterans with Families Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program
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HVRP FHVRP IVTP
Veterans who served in the active military, naval or air service and who were discharged or released under other than dishonorable conditions.
✔ ✔ ✔
Veterans who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence. This may also include an individual whose primary nighttime residency is a supervised public or privately operated shelter.
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Female homeless veterans and male homeless veterans accompanied by dependent children.
✔
Veterans either currently incarcerated but within 18 months of release, or released from incarceration within the last 6 months.
✔
Candidates must meet all checked requirements to enter a specific program
Homeless VETS Programs Eligibility
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Work Readiness Training
Job Preparation training
Vocational Job Training (by referral)
Job placement Services
Telephone, Computer & Internet Access for Job Search
Job coaching & Retention services
Career Transition Counseling
Transportation assistance
Employment Services
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• We have been able to establish a rapport
with the area parole/probation offices
and local WFS, and have earned the
respect of fellow HVRP grantees by our
success in placing veterans into
employment.
• We serve the “whole veteran”
simultaneously through partnerships
with other service providers. This has
allowed veterans to retain employment
better, as all barriers to employment
have been addressed.
Program Successes
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IVTP 2011/12 Results
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HVRP 2011/12 Results
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FHVRP 2011/12 Results
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• Securing housing for veterans who have
challenging situations or less than 24 months’
active duty time, but have been honorably
discharged from military.
• Working with the parole/ probation officer and
case manager once a veteran who resides at a
transitional facility gets a job to expedite them
being able to go to work without having to do a
two weeks’
schedule in advance.
• Overcoming stereotypes of veterans who have
challenges on their background.
• Rebuilding confidence for our clients faster.
Program Challenges
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Ways For VJOs
and HVRP to Collaborate
• VJOs, Goodwill, and the Diversion Program can
collaborate on the following activities:
• Getting incarceration papers, applying for benefits,
and planning housing before vets are released.
• Obtaining veterans’
Letter of Service and DD‐214 by
fax and online
• Helping expedite housing and other benefits
• Expediting outreach and intake by doing assessments