Research

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  November 2021

  Michigan reentry project (MIREP): Kent county 2- year evaluation report

  The aggregate report includes analyses on participant characteristics, service intensity patterns, and program outcomes to produce a comprehensive understanding of participants, program success, and areas for improvement. This report covers the first two years of programming of the Michigan Reentry Project (MIREP) in Kent County (April 2019 through April 30, 2021).

  Reentry

  Report
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  November 2021

  Michigan reentry project (MIREP): Macomb county 4- year evaluation report

  The aggregate report includes analyses on participant characteristics, service intensity patterns, and program outcomes to produce a comprehensive understanding of participants, program success, and areas for improvement. This report covers the first four years of programming of the Michigan Reentry Project (MIREP) in Macomb County (May 2017 through April 30, 2021).

  Reentry

  Report
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  November 2021

  Michigan reentry project (MIREP): Oakland County 4- year evaluation report

  The aggregate report includes analyses on participant characteristics, service intensity patterns, and program outcomes to produce a comprehensive understanding of participants, program success, and areas for improvement. This report covers the first four years of programming of the Michigan Reentry Project (MIREP) in Oakland County (May 2017 through April 30, 2021).

  Reentry

  Report
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  November 2021

  Michigan reentry project (MIREP): Wayne county 4- year evaluation report

  The aggregate report includes analyses on participant characteristics, service intensity patterns, and program outcomes to produce a comprehensive understanding of participants, program success, and areas for improvement. This report covers the first four years of programming of the Michigan Reentry Project (MIREP) in Wayne County (May 2017 through April 30, 2021).

  Reentry

  Report
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  November 2021

  Michigan reentry project (MIREP): Monroe county 2 year evaluation report

  The aggregate report includes analyses on participant characteristics, service intensity patterns, and program outcomes to produce a comprehensive understanding of participants, program success, and areas for improvement. This report covers the first two years of programming of the Michigan Reentry Project (MIREP) in Monroe County (May 2019 through April 30, 2021)

  Reentry

  Report
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  October 2021

  Fall 2021 Newsletter

  Comprehensive report illuminates gaps in Michigan’s criminal legal data and offers a roadmap to data integration; naloxone vending machines make life-saving medication available in jails and communities; Monroe and Jackson OTE in Jail programs are certified; CBHJ welcomes new staff and relocates to the School of Social Work building; and more.

  Diversion

  Reentry

  Treatment ecosystems

  Youth justice

  Wayne County jail/mental health initiative

  Newsletter
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  September 2021

  Activity across the sequential intercept model and diversion program outcomes

  From 2015 – 2020, ten jail diversion pilot programs were funded across Michigan by the Mental Health Diversion Council and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to improve response to individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) involved in the local criminal/legal system. This report summarizes the highlights of the aggregate presentation delivered to the Mental Health Diversion Council in July and reviews recommended practices to improve jail diversion across intercepts of the sequential intercept model.

  Diversion

  Report
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  September 2021

  Michigan Overdose Data to Action (MODA)

  The overdose crisis is a complex social problem that is often intertwined with criminal/legal systems. Research and support staff from several of the CBHJ initiatives worked collaboratively to generate, collect, translate, link, and analyze data regarding overdose prevention and response in Michigan. This collection of policy briefs reflects the objectives and activities completed by the CBHJ as part of the Michigan Overdose Data to Action (MODA) team, which is funded by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

  Harm reduction

  Toolkit
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  September 2021

  Activity across the sequential intercept model and diversion program outcomes

  The Center for Behavioral Health and Justice, under the leadership of principal investigators Sheryl Kubiak, Ph.D., and Erin Comartin, Ph.D., engaged the pilot counties in a system evaluation to identify and measure interventions across intercepts 1 – 5 of the Sequential Intercept Model. The system evaluation, which began in 2017, followed an implementation evaluation in 2015, as well as short- and long-term evaluation of the pilots in 2016 and 2017. The system evaluation consisted of two cohorts, Cohorts 2017 and 2019, both with two stages. The final aggregate report of Cohort 2019 Stage 2 was presented to the Mental Health Diversion Council on July 13, 2021. In addition, final county-level reports were presented to all ten pilot counties between June and July of 2021. This report summarizes the highlights of the aggregate presentation delivered to the Mental Health Diversion Council in July.

  Diversion

  Report
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  September 2021

  Fentanyl and Drug Checking for Harm Reduction

  Drug checking can be done in a myriad of ways by several types of agencies or groups to decrease harm and risk associated with using substances. In a harm reduction framework, it is vital that individuals live long enough to make "any positive change" toward recovery. With the rise of Fentanyl and other even more deadly analogs in the illicit drug supply, it is increasingly important that individuals in active use have access to drug checking materials. Maya Doe-Simkins discusses various types, costs, and benefits of drug checking equipment and how these tools may be useful for individuals with Opioid Use Disorder and the agencies that care for this population.

  Treatment ecosystems

  Video