Michigan County Creates Tool to Divert Mentally Impaired From Jail
The guide identifies which agencies the procedure or process applies to at each step and assigns responsibility for the task or tasks.
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North Country Community Mental Health, which provides services to residents of six Michigan counties, has released the Charlevoix County First Responder’s Guide for Behavioral Interventions, a local interagency agreement to prevent unnecessary incarceration, reports the Petosky News-Review. The guide identifies which agencies the procedure or process applies to at each step and assigns responsibility for the task or tasks.
The First Responder’s Guide also represents the underlying team effort and agreement on roles and resources involved in providing an integrated delivery of services to the community. This guide was created as an outcome of Charlevoix County’s Stepping-Up Initiative, begun in 2015, which seeks to create a society in which individuals with mental impairments and/or substance use disorders who come in contact with the criminal justice/legal system receive treatment and services based on research, data, best practices and compassion.
