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CMHS TCE Initiative 2002-2007

Targeted Capacity Expansion (TCE) grants for jail diversion from 2002-2007. The goals of the TCE for Jail Diversion initiative are to:

• Support community-based mental health services for individuals who have a mental illness or co-occurring disorder who are diverted from the criminal justice system;
• Assure that jail diversion programs are based on the best known practices and reflect current research findings;
• Form and support interagency collaboration between the appropriate criminal justice, mental health, and substance abuse systems;
• Engage in policy analysis and development activities at a local level to promote implementation and sustenance of diversion activities; and
• Use federal funds to supplement, and not supplant, State, local, Indian tribe, or tribal organization sources of funding that would otherwise be available.

As operator of the Technical Assistance and Policy Analysis (TAPA) Center for jail diversion from 2002-2007, Center staff provided support to the 34 site TCE initiative by:

• Conducting site visits to provide assistance in program design, action planning, and overcoming barriers;
• Assisting in sites planning, goal setting, and process evaluations through giving feedback on reports, presentations, and workgroups;
• Fostering and facilitating the development of gender-specific and trauma services;
• Fostering and facilitating consumer involvement in all aspects of the grantees’ planning and implementation; and

Conducting the cross-site evaluation of the TCE program including developing data collection instruments, facilitating data collection and management, data analysis, and producing reports and journal articles.

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