Partners/Links
The Consensus Project, coordinated by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, partners with other organizations working to improve outcomes for people with mental illnesses involved with the criminal justice system.
The Justice Center collaborates on mental health-related projects with the National GAINS Center. Created in 1995, the GAINS Center is a national clearinghouse of information about effective mental health and substance abuse services for people with co-occurring disorders in contact with the justice system.
Links to other organizations are provided below.
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Courts
Corrections
Victims
Mental Health and Advocacy
Juvenile Justice
Federal Agencies
Academic Institutions
Other CSG Justice Center Initiatives
Law Enforcement:
- Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)
- The National CIT Organization
- The Ohio Criminal Justice Coordinating Center for Excellence (CCOE)
- The Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement, Inc. (CABLE)
Courts:
- Center for Court Innovation
- National Center for State Courts (NCSC)
- Pretrial Services Resource Center (PSRC)
- Criminal Justice/Mental Health Judges Leadership Initiative (coordinated by the CSG Justice Center)
Corrections:
- American Correctional Association (ACA)
- American Probation and Parole Association (APPA)
- Corrections.com
- National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC)
Victims:
Mental Health and Advocacy:
- National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
- NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
- Judge David E. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
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National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH)
- Florida Partners in Crisis
Juvenile Justice:
The Consensus Project recognizes that issues related to mental illness and the juvenile justice system are as significant as those related to adults, but does not address these issues due to limited resources and the distinct nature of the age populations and systems.
- Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice
- National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
- Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
Federal Agencies:
- Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice
- National Institute of Corrections, Department of Justice
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
- Office for Victims of Crime, Department of Justice
- Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Department of Justice
Academic Institutions:
- Center for Behavioral Health, Justice, and Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Center for Mental Health Services & Criminal Justice Research, Rutgers University
- Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia (ILPPP)
- Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida
- MacArthur Research Network on Mandated Community Treatment

