Reducing Justice Involvement For People with Mental Illness.

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The Pennsylvania Mental Health and Justice Center of Excellence is a collaborative effort of Drexel University and the University of Pittsburgh. It is funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency and the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The purpose of the Center is to work with Pennsylvania communities to identify points of interception at which an intervention can be made to prevent individuals with mental illness from entering or penetrating deeper into the criminal justice system.

The Center will work collaboratively with the Commonwealth and locales in planning and implementing programs, providing information to promote their use of evidence-based practices and serve as a resource for technical assistance and training. The Center will also host a central repository for collected data and information on criminal justice/mental health responses throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Click here to view the official announcement of the PA Mental Health and Justice Center of Excellence.

News and Information
County and Program Information
Center of Excellence Blog
Resource Center
  • We have added many resources to the web! Check out the documents-by-intercept library to see a listing of additional resources.
  • PA Counties' demographic data has been updated. Click here for an alphabetical list of counties.
  • Register for the upcoming PA Annual Veterans Conference (March 21-22, 2012 in Harrisburg PA). Click here to see the brochure for this conference.
  • On February 22 and 23, 2012, at 2 p.m. ET, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will host two Webinars that focus on logic models. For more information about these Webinars, download the flyer at www.ojjdp.gov/enews/flyer/BuildBlocWeb021312.pdf.

Click here to find information by county including descriptive data (e.g. crime & mental health stats) and contact information for county agencies.

Click here to find program information by intercept.

Looking to have questions answered or to discuss issues with your peers in other counties? Our blog will give you the opportunity to initiate conversations with the Center of Excellence staff and your peers.

Click here to view or blog!
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