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Our Troops are Coming HomeAre We Ready?
NACo Town Hall Session
Strengthening the Public Safety Net for
Our Veterans and their FamiliesMonday July 16, 2012Leon Evans
President and Chief Executive OfficerThe Center for Health Care Services
Bexar County Mental Health AuthoritySan Antonio, [email protected]
www.chcsbc.org
Gilbert GonzalesDirector, Communications and Diversion Initiatives
The Center for Health Care ServicesBexar County Mental Health Authority
San Antonio, [email protected]
Military Bases
• Lackland Air Force
Training Center• Randoph
• Brook Army Medical Center
• Ft. Sam Houston
Center for the IntrepidBRAC: 2.1 Billion in Military Construction
Point of Contact with Law Enforcement
Magistrate Court
Bexar County Jail
Post-Booking Diversion
Community-based Wraparound Care
CIT/Deputy Mobile
Outreach Team
Genesis Probation, Incarceration,
Parole
Emergency Transport
to Hospital
Pre-Trial Diversion
Referrals to Community Providers
*Pre-Booking Diversion
Residential Respite
Arrested
The Jail Diversion Process
Treatment in lieu of Incarceration
24/7 CrisisServices
- An Old Slide -
•Non Violent Misdemeanor •Pre Booking/Post Booking •Therapeutic Justice Approach
Texas Veteran Jail Diversion and Trauma
Recovery Project (TVJDTR)
VETERANS SERVICES program :
• inclusion and expansion of trauma specific treatment and trauma informed practice
• monitoring of the delivery of veteran peer support services related to behavioral health issues
• monitoring of the implementation of family member facilitated family-to-family education groups related to behavioral health issues
• developing of collaborative advisory groups for supports and services for veterans and their families to initiate
• enhance or expand community resource coordination related to basic needs with community partners, individuals and organizations • linkage to Therapeutic Justice Services
Diversion
AddressingTrauma
UsingPeer to Peer
Placing Boots On
The Ground
UsingTherapeutic
Courts
Training FirstResponders
• Prevention • Treatment • Support
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Collaborative Services Sites
Downtown San Antonio
www.gainscenter.samhsa.gov 800.311.4246
• Establish community based practices for diverting veterans with mental illness and substance abuse needs from incarceration and ERs
• Establish trauma informed and trauma specific services for Vets and training for Staff
• Implement or expand Crisis Intervention Training: include PTSD and TBI instruction for Law Enforcement
• Establish or expand Specialty Courts: i.e. Veteran’s Court, Mental Health Court and Substance Abuse Court
• Establish or expand Peer to Peer Network Volunteer and Support
• Establish or expand “Boots on the Ground” case management
Our Troops are Coming HomeHow can we get ready ?
Leon Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Center for Health Care Services San Antonio, Texas
For additional information contact: Leon Evans, Ph. 210 731-1300 Email: [email protected]
For online access to this presentation please go to http://www.diversioninitiatives.net
Thank you !
www.chcsbc.org
