The goals of problem-solving diversionary courts are to offer treatment over incarceration, break arrest cycles and promote public health and safety. Problem-solving courts rely on community treatment and service providers from a collaborative approach and develop linkages to behavioral health treatment and services. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, there are more than 3,000 drug treatment courts, 400 mental health courts, and hundreds of veterans courts and hybrid behavioral health courts throughout the U.S. L.C., is essential to properly perform the coordination and behavioral health planning, decision-making and system implementation necessary. L.C., and advance the civil rights for qualified persons to social inclusion, as set forth by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Source: Huffington Post November 26, 2017 03:46 UTC