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Detroit, Michigan
Center for Behavioral Health and Justice
Jessica Best's Company Details
We envision communities in which research, data and best practices are used by multiple stakeholders to enhance the optimal well-being of individuals with mental illness and/or substance use disorders who come in contact with the criminal/legal system. As facilitators of community change, our mission is to ensure that individuals with mental illness and/or substance use disorders are treated with dignity, respect and justice and that they receive needed services. We work in five ways in order to have the broadest impact:I. We work collaboratively. We bring together diverse stakeholders to influence systems change.II. We bring to the table the best-of-the-best. We gather together staff, faculty and community expertise in evidence-based and best practices to lead, guide and support local communities' change efforts. III. We harness the power of real-time data. We help stakeholders from a variety of disciplines make sense of complex, often disconnected data so that they can assess programs, evaluate outcomes and make real-time data driven decisions.IV. We offer a social work lens on transformation. We use social work values along with a multi-disciplinary approach to explore solutions and help communities create a new vision for what is possible. V. We seek out and share new strategies and solutions.We provide systems mapping, data collection/analysis, action planning and other technical assistance to maximize stakeholder effectiveness.