Building Your Agency’s Capacity for Providing Behavioral Health Services in the Community

SESSION INFO

Tuesday, March 12, 2019
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Session Type: Workshop

This workshop is designed to help corrections and community supervision agencies assess their current policies and practices to ensure that people who are returning to their communities after incarceration have access to behavioral health services. Addressing releasees’ behavioral health needs is challenging but may be critical to ensuring their success under supervision and beyond. Participants will hear from representatives of the National Reentry Resource Center and Second Chance Act grantees about lessons learned and successful strategies.

SESSION PRESENTERS

Karen Smith Buck
Evidence Based Practice Administrator, NC Division of Community Corrections

Gary Cuddeback
Professor and Associate Dean, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kerry Hyatt
Reentry Coordinator, AZ Department of Corrections

Olivia Koukoui
Policy Analyst, Justice Center/Council of State Governments

Ms. Andrea Sophia Lee
Senior Policy Analyst, Council of State Governments