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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 HaimowitzNVTAC Burton Blatt
Institute
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Stephan Haimowitz, J.D. 315 744‐4139 [email protected]
Burton Blatt Institute Syracuse University
National Veterans Technical Assistance Center http://bbi.syr.edu/nvtac/
NVTAC AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
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Supported by the
U. S. Department of Labor Veterans' Employment & Training Service200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room S‐1325
Washington, D.C. 20210 www.dol.gov/vets/
Prime partner
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans333 ½
Pennsylvania Avenue, SEWashington, DC 20003‐1148(202) 546‐1969 www.nchv.org
NVTAC
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Jobs – HVRP, IVTP, HFV/VWF
VA‐
VR&E, CWT, HVSEP
One Stop Workforce Centers DVOPs
LVERs
Housing
VA ‐
Grant Per Diem HUD/VASH
HUD Continuum of Care
Physical and Behavioral Healthcare
VA – Medical Centers and HA
Community providers
HVRP ‐
ADDRESSING EMPLOYMENT
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Homelessness
12% of prison population were homeless when arrested
Female Veterans 3 times as likely as female non‐Veterans
Substance abuse
Largest cause of homelessness‐single adults
25% of Veterans aged 18‐25 met criteria ‐‐
1.8 million people
Mental Illness
20‐25% of the homeless population
Evident in incarcerated populations
Veterans
Approximately 9% of jails and prison inmates
Criminal Justice Involvement
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Veterans with Criminal Justice Issues
http://nvtac.org
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Veterans with Criminal Justice Issues
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Strategies for Overcoming Job Barriers 1. Prepare for Job Applications and Interviews
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Strategies for Overcoming Job Barriers 2. Use Federal Bonds and Tax Credits
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Strategies for Overcoming Job Barriers 3. If Possible, Clear Your Record or Limit Its Impact
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Resources for Veterans with Criminal Justice Issues 1. Diversion Programs
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Resources for Veterans with Criminal Justice Issues 2. Public Housing
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Resources for Veterans with Criminal Justice Issues 2. Public Housing
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David Morrissette, Ph.D. LCSW
Captain, U.S. Public Health ServiceCenter for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
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Grantees
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Milestones
• Year 1 Pre‐implementation activities and strategic planning at state and local level
• Year 2 Early pilot implementation and data analysis
• Years 3‐5 Statewide replication, training and/or policy changes
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Key Program Components
• Prioritize, Screen and Address Trauma;
• Train staff and clients in Trauma Informed Care (TIC);
• Maximize client choice by coordinating VA and community;
• Involve peers in planning, service delivery and evaluation;
• Build broad based support among all stakeholders.
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Texas Jail Diversion and Trauma
Recovery Initiative: State Rollout
Homeless Veterans Reintegration ProjectsWebinar
April 17, 2012
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Sam Shore, JDTR Project Director
Director, MH Transformation and Behavioral Health Operations [email protected]
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JDTR Program
State awarded SAMHSA grant for JDTR• 5-year grant to create Trauma Informed jail diversion
programs that prioritize veterans
Veterans courts established in 12 counties • serving 122+ veterans• More counties planning jail diversion initiatives for
veterans
Statewide rollout of Jail Diversion/Trauma Informed Care
Annual Statewide Justice-Involved Veterans conference
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KEY Elements of JDTR
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
www.gainscenter.samhsa.gov
800.311.4246
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Intercept 1 Law enforcement / Emergency services
Intercept 2 Initial detention / Initial court hearings
Sequential Intercepts for Change: Criminal Justice - Mental Health Partnerships
Intercept 3 Jails / Courts
Intercept 4 Reentry
Intercept 5 Community corrections/ Community support
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Jail
Courts Dispatch 911
Jail Re-entry
Violation
Violation
PoliceCrisis Response ERDispatcherCrisis Call Lines
Jail/DetentionPub. DefenderPre-TrialCourt based clinicianVJO
JailSelf ReferralPDProsecutionPre-TrialVJO
JailPrisonCommunity ReentryVA Reentry Veterans
ProbationParole
TVC created the Texas Coordinating Council for Veterans Services (TCCVS)Charge:
Focus on specific issues affecting Veterans, service members and their families
Compile and centralize an inventory of all Veteran services provided by state agencies
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of Veteran services provided by the State of TexasWork Groups:
Health and mental health
Criminal Justice
Higher Education
Housing
Employment
Women Veterans
Report to Governor and Legislature Oct. 1, 2012
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Contact and Resource Information
Sam Shore, JDTR Project Director
512-206-5947
www.mhtransformation.org
See 2008 and 2010 Returning Veterans Reports
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Texas Veteran Jail Diversion and Trauma
Recovery Program
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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
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Presented by Charles Brown
Program Manager
Goodwill Houston IVTP Program
HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAMS
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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.
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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.
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Veterans either currently incarcerated but within 18 months of release, or released from incarceration within the last 6 months.
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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
behind the walls
• Dual placement services
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Questions
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Contact Information
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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WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK!
Please let us know how we did http://websurvey.syr.edu/nvtac_eval_041712.aspx
NVTAC (National Vets Technical Assistance Center) http://nvtac.org
A partnership: Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans and the U.S.
Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service
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