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Second Chance Month — Tuesdays: Behavioral Health, Family Supports, and Youth and Young Adults

Behavioral Health, Family Supports, and Youth and Young Adults Materials

 

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Strategies for Youth Reentry in Rural Communities Cover Strategies for Youth Reentry in Rural Communities This Second Chance Month 2022 session focuses on youth reentering rural communities and emphasizes effective strategies to address education and workforce solutions, meaningful family engagement, and youth wellbeing.
Incorporating People with Lived Experience into Behavioral Health Programs Cover Incorporating People with Lived Experience into Behavioral Health Programs In this panel discussion, people with lived experience working in reentry discuss program development and implementation.
Maintaining Family Ties in the Federal Prison System Cover Maintaining Family Ties in the Federal Prison System Hosted by Adrienne McCormick, Senior Correctional Programs Specialist with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, this webinar explores the experiences of mothers who are incarcerated.
Honoring Trauma: Serving Returning Youth with Traumatic Brain Injuries Cover Honoring Trauma: Serving Returning Youth with Traumatic Brain Injuries The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice’s (FDJJ) SCA funded project, Decreasing Recidivism among Juveniles with Brain Injury Re-Entering the Community using Resource Facilitation, creates and evaluates a traumatic brain injury (TBI) continuum of services for youth reentering the community from residential placement.
Culturally Responsive Behavioral Health Reentry Programming Cover Culturally Responsive Behavioral Health Reentry Programming This webinar includes behavioral health reentry programs that are focused on developing culturally responsive programming for their communities. Program staff share how they are approaching culturally affirming program development to meet the needs of people reentering the community.
Strengthening Supports for Families of People Who Are Incarcerated Cover - Strengthening Supports for Families of People Who Are Incarcerated In this webinar, presenters discuss strategies for supporting parents who are incarcerated and their families, including engaging children’s caregivers in reentry planning and incorporating families’ voices in program implementation.
Step by Step Decision-Making for Youth Justice System Transformation Cover Step by Step Decision-Making for Youth Justice System Transformation This interactive Webinar features leaders from participant jurisdictions who discuss challenges, innovative solutions, and valuable lessons learned that support future replication in other states and local jurisdictions.
Addressing Housing Needs for Youth Returning from Juvenile Justice Placement Cover Addressing Housing Needs for Youth Returning from Juvenile Justice Placement This session highlights how Maine’s Department of Corrections has partnered with the University of Southern Maine and Youth Advocate Programs to help youth returning to the community from secure settings obtain healthy, supportive housing.
Raising the Bar on Juvenile Reentry: What Young People Say They Need Cover Raising the Bar on Juvenile Reentry: What Young People Say They Need During this Second Chance Month event, a panel of young people with lived experience discuss their experiences and how juvenile justice agencies can better help them with reentry.
Connections to Behavioral Health and Support Services through Reentry Cover Connections to Behavioral Health and Support Services through Reentry This webinar features two grantees who have utilized innovative ways to provide post-release connections to care for people who are returning to various communities.
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Tips for Engaging Caregivers of Children with Incarcerated Parents in Reentry Programming cover Brief Tips for Engaging Caregivers of Children with Incarcerated Parents in Reentry Programming This article from The Council of State Governments shares strategies for focusing on the needs and concerns of the children’s caregivers, who are typically the child’s other parent or other family member and serve as the bridge between the incarcerated parent and child. 
The Importance of Medicaid Coverage for Criminal Justice Involved Individuals Reentering Their Communities Cover Brief The Importance of Medicaid Coverage for Criminal Justice Involved Individuals Reentering Their Communities The purpose of this issue brief from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) is to highlight the importance of health insurance coverage for criminal justice involved individuals, particularly the importance of the expansion in Medicaid coverage made available through the Affordable Care Act.
Children of Incarcerated Parents Framework Document Cover Report Children of Incarcerated Parents Framework Document This framework document synthesizes lessons learned about promising practices, and it provides information about the context surrounding children and their justice-involved parents.
Checklist Series homepage image Toolkit Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Implementation Science Checklist Series The implementation science checklist series from The Council of State Governments, is intended for professionals who direct and oversee programming in the fields of corrections, community corrections, behavioral health, and social service agencies.
Advancing the Work of Peer Support Specialists in Behavioral Health-Criminal Justice Programming Cover Brief Advancing the Work of Peer Support Specialists in Behavioral Health-Criminal Justice Programming This brief highlights four key strategies gleaned from the interviews with peers who work with three Justice and Mental Health Collaboration grantee programs and how these strategies can be used to advance the work of peer support specialists.
Collaborative Comprehensive Case Plans website image Toolkit Collaborative Comprehensive Case Plans This web-based tool includes key priorities for developing and implementing collaborative comprehensive case plans and features Second Chance Act grantee profiles as examples of lead case planners.
Best Practices for Successful Reentry for People Who Have Opioid Addictions report cover image Brief Best Practices for Successful Reentry for People Who Have Opioid Addictions This fact sheet describes the best practices that correctional, community-based behavioral health, and probation and parole agencies can implement within their systems to ensure reentry for people who have opioid addictions is safe and successful.
Telehealth and Telecommunication Opportunities in the Criminal Justice System brief cover image Brief Telehealth and Telecommunication Opportunities in the Criminal Justice System This brief  highlights opportunities for implementing telehealth and telecommunication to support people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders in the criminal justice system.
Three Things to Know About Implementing Telehealth in Correctional Facilities website Brief Three Things to Know About Implementing Telehealth in Correctional Facilities This article shares three considerations for corrections agencies as they continue to expand their use of telehealth in jails and prisons to help provide essential medical and behavioral health services and facilitate reentry planning and coordination.
A Resource for Change article cover Brief ‘A Resource for Change’: The Role of Peer Recovery Support Specialists in Reentry Programs This article discusses the unique ways that peer recovery support specialists can enhance reentry programs.
Model Practices for Parents in Prisons and Jails: Reducing Barriers to Family Connections Report Model Practices for Parents in Prisons and Jails: Reducing Barriers to Family Connections The objective of this report from Urban Institute and the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is to detail a set of practices that correctional administrators can implement to remove barriers that inhibit children from cultivating or maintaining relationships with their incarcerated parents during and immediately after incarceration.
Four Steps to Expand Access to Housing brief cover image Brief Action Points: Four Steps to Expand Access to Housing for People in the Justice System with Behavioral Health Needs This brief from The Council of State Governments Justice Center presents four steps state leaders should take to increase housing opportunities and improve justice and health outcomes for this population. 
Interactive Knowledge Map: The Effects of Parenting Programs for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers Cover Brief Interactive Knowledge Map: The Effects of Parenting Programs for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers This brief summarizes the impact literature on parenting programs for incarcerated and reentering fathers.

 

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