Criminal Justice/Behavioral Health Collaboration

The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities is seeking nonprofit organizations to implement a law enforcement and behavioral health program. The program aims to enhance collaboration between law enforcement and behavioral health service providers, provide pre-release, co-response, first appearance, and/or transitional reentry services to frequently incarcerated individuals, and increase engagement into community-based behavioral health services. Key aspects of the program include: • Co-responder teams • Pre-release services • Co-response services • First appearance services • Transitional reentry services • Community-based behavioral health services The program is intended to assist in the prevention of individuals being incarcerated and increase engagement into community-based behavioral health services.