The TAPA Center for Jail Diversion, a branch of the National GAINS Center, will conduct an online/telephone conference on strategies for effectively integrating consumers as staff and experts into jail diversion programs. The conference will be held on Wednesday, September 22, from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EST.

Participants will listen to the presentation via telephone on a toll-free connection. Participants will also have the opportunity to view a PowerPoint presentation online.

The Net/Tele Conference will cover a range of issues related to effective integration of consumers into jail diversion programs. LaVerne Miller of the Howie T. Harp Advocacy Center, Ann-Marie Louison of the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES), and a consumer (TBD) working within a jail diversion program will cover the following topics:

• Tapping the expertise of consumers in all aspects of jail diversion program planning and operation
• Recruiting, hiring, training, supporting, and integrating consumer staff into jail diversion programs
• Providing intensive peer specialist training for people with histories of mental illness and incarceration
• Reviewing successes and challenges, from the multiple perspectives, on integrating consumers as staff and experts

For information on how to register for the conference, click here.

If you have any questions, please contact Nell Brady a 1-(866) 518-TAPA.