1. Justice Division
Strategic Planning

2. justice division overview
Advocate for the expansion of mental health and substance use disorder services/funding to offenders; promote innovative strategies to divert offenders with behavioral health disorders; support initiatives to treat incarcerated offenders; and promote specialized re-entry initiatives for this target population.
Develop policy and funding recommendations
Promote innovative practices
Serve as liaison with the Department of Corrections on regulatory issues

3. Total Offenders Participating in Community-Based Substance Abuse Programs on June 30, 2015
Number/Percentage By Program Type
Total Offenders on Active Supervision = 139,833
Total Offenders Who Had or Were Participating in Community-Based Substance Abuse Programs = 43,270 (30.9%)
Statistics as of June 30, 2015, provided by the Bureau of Research & Data Analysis 4/21/2016

4. Trends
FY 2015/2016
On average, there was an approximate 60% success rate for all non-secure programs statewide
On average, there was an approximate 58% success rate for all long term-secure programs statewide
25% of non-secure participants are between the age of 18-24
Older clients were more successful than younger clients for all program types. Those aged 45 and older were the most successful of all releases from non-secure (79%) Long-term Secure (84%) and outpatient (83%).

5. Trends Continued:
On average, there was an approximate 86% success rate for all in-prison intensive outpatient programs Statewide.
On average, there was an approximate 70% success rate for all In-Prison residential Therapeutic Community programs statewide.
Older inmates were more successful than younger inmates or all program types. Those aged 45 and older were the most successful of all exits from Intensive Outpatient Program (92%) Residential Therapeutic Community (84%).

6. 2015-2016 Strategic Goals Mental Health and Co-Occurring Services
Mental health reentry pilot implementation
Promotion of co-occurring services within DOC
Promote inclusion of co-occurring services in budget
Mental health services redesign workgroup
Impacts/Benefits of Justice Interventions
Reinvestment Grant
Inform on Medication Assisted Treatment
Promote and support judicial education initiatives
Inform benefits and cost offsets of diversion and treatment initiatives
Early Intervention
Promote adult civil citation
Create and promote innovative treatment approaches for offenders with >3 yrs
Inform on True Cost of Delivery
Analyze true cost of service delivery
Promote revised payment structure to fund mental health overlay

7. Secured nearly $1 million to expand mental health overlay and co-occurring beds at existing community programs
Worked closely with the department to ensure implementation of mental health or co- occurring overlay to offenders
OUTCOMES
GOAL 1:
mental health and co-occurring overlay services

8. OUTCOMES Reinvestment Grant Medication Assisted Treatment
modified structure of the reinvestment grant review committee to include a representative of fadaa, fccmh, and managing entities
Secured additional $6 million for reinvestment grant (total $9 million)
Expanded pool of applicants who may apply to include community-based providers
Medication Assisted Treatment
Secured $5 million recurring (plus carryover) for use of vivitrol
Provided training and technical assistance to provider on use of vivitrol
Mental Health Court – HB 439
Codifies mental health courts into law
OUTCOMES
GOAL 2:
Impacts of justice interventions

9. OUTCOMES Promoted SB 618/HB 1031 Civil Citation: Laid groundwork
GOAL 3:
Early intervention
Promoted SB 618/HB 1031 Civil Citation: Laid groundwork
Researched and catalogued Innovative approaches used nationwide
GOAL 4:
Informing on true cost of delivery
Developed fact sheets and infograph on the costs of delivery and savings/impacts to the state

10. Continuing and Emerging issues: justice

11. JUSTICE DIVISION: Strategic Priorities 2016-2017
Inform – Policymakers, Providers, Community
Effective Reinvestment Grant Strategies
Facts on Medication Assisted Treatment
Location/Type of Citation Programs (misdemeanor and marijuana); promote intervention/assessment
Treatment length and protocols
Justice Innovations Keynote at annual conference
Policy Promotion
Increase use of citation/diversion programs
Expand mental health diversion programs
Promote review of drug sentencing laws/reduce penalties
Support and promote community operated inmate transition/work release
Promote strategies that improve offender employment opportunities
Protect existing funding
Review drug court statute re time in treatment

12. JUSTICE DIVISION: Strategic Priorities 2016-2017
Drug Court/Mental Health Court Initiative
Inform on medication assisted treatment
Inform on time in treatment
Promote training for judges
Expand diversion options
Encourage implementation of SB 377
Department of Corrections Policies
Inform on rates
Implement mental health overlay on community beds
Unfilled position timeframe
County corrections /law enforcement fulfilling security requirement
Clarify medical care policy
Promote court liaisons
Link/align with Justice Groups – FJJA/FL Association of Drug Courts