Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center.

Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse

Technical Assistance Center

Criminal Justice, Mental Health, Substance Abuse Reinvestment Grant Program Act

State-local partnershipCreate innovative programs for people

with mental illness and/or substance abuse in criminal justice system

23 grants awarded first year 12 Planning (1 year) 11 Implementation (3 year)

Statewide Programs

Planning counties focused on strategic planning

Implementation counties include Mental health courts Pre-trial diversion programs Forensic ACT team Jail diversion programs

Technical Assistance Center

Placed in the Mental Health, Law and Policy Department within FMHI at USF

Duties Aid grantee counties in planning Provide information on best practices Evaluate impact of program for legislature and

Governor Provide suggestions on program revisions

Assistance to Date

Application of the Sequential Intercept ModelAssistance with grant preparationGuidance for choosing a target populationMonitoring the effect of a proposed interventionStrategic planning and local system developmentCost effectiveness, cost offset and avoidance

methodsSharing HIPAA expertiseClearinghouse for CJMHSA dataSystem wide and county specific data analysisWebsite www.floridatac.org

Visit us at www.floridatac.orgContact Us

John Petrila, J.D. LL.M

[email protected]

813-974-9301

Nicolette Springer, M.S.

[email protected]

813-974-7966

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