– Amid Equal Protection Concerns, An Increasing Number of Municipalities See Locking Up Vets as Foolish –
Via Dan Cedusky
Veteran Justice Outreach Initiative
The purpose of the Veteran Justice Outreach Initiative (VJO) initiative is to avoid the unnecessary criminalization of mental illness and extended incarceration among Veterans by ensuring that eligible justice-involved Veterans have timely access to VHA mental health and substance abuse services when clinically indicated, and other VA services and benefits as appropriate.
VA is requiring justice-focused activity at the medical center level. VA Medical Centers have been strongly encouraged to develop working relationships with the court system and local law enforcement and must now provide outreach to justice-involved Veterans in the communities they serve.
Each VA medical center has been asked to designate a facility-based Veterans’ Justice Outreach Specialist, responsible for direct outreach, assessment, and case management for justice-involved Veterans in local courts and jails, and liaison with local justice system partners.
VJO Contacts
Veterans Court Programs
Contact Information
Sean Clark, National Coordinator, Veterans Justice Outreach, 202-461-7311, sean.clark2@va.gov
Jim McGuire, Program Manager, Health Care for Reentry Veterans, 310.478.3711 ext. 41450, james.mcguire@va.gov
Is your court listed? If not, download the Veterans Treatment Court questionnaire
http://www.nadcp.org/learn/veterans-treatment-court-clearinghouse
click on PDF file or go to web site
Return to Brian Clubb at bclubb@ndci.org
See various states Legislation
http://www.nadcp.org/JusticeForVets-Legislation
VETERANS TREATMENT COURTS
| CITY/COUNTY | STATE |
| Montgomery | Alabama |
| Anchorage | Alaska |
| Tucson | Arizona |
| Lonoke County | Arkansas |
| Los Angeles | California |
| Orange County | California |
| San Bernardino | California |
| Santa Clara | California |
| Tulare County | California |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado |
| Cook County(4 VTC’s) | Illinois |
| Madison County | Illinois |
| Ingham County | Michigan |
| Ionia | Michigan |
| Oakland County | Michigan |
| Hennepin County | Minnesota |
| Kansas City | Missouri |
| St. Louis | Missouri |
| Washoe County | Nevada |
| Amherst | New York |
| Buffalo | New York |
| Brooklyn | New York |
| Rochester | New York |
| Mansfield | Ohio |
| Creek County | Oklahoma |
| Tulsa | Oklahoma |
| Allegheny County | Pennsylvania |
| Philadelphia | Pennsylvania |
| Scranton | Pennsylvania |
| Dallas County | Texas |
| El Paso County | Texas |
| Harris County | Texas |
| Nuces County | Texas |
| Tarrant County | Texas |
| Pierce County | Washington |
| Spokane County | Washington |
| Thurston County | Washington |
| Rock County | Wisconsin |
List of VA court contacts
http://www1.va.gov/HOMELESS/VJO_Contacts.asp
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