Mental Health Diversion Committee Objectives
- Advise the CJCC of formal recommendations
- Coordinate with Human Service Collaborative Council (HSCC) to seek input and endorsement from resident experts on pre-jail and post-jail mental health diversion
This Committee will use two strategies:
- Identify and recommend how to fill gaps
- Identify process and policy recommendations
Key Participants
- Kathy Reynolds, Executive Director, WCHO
- Scott Patton, CJCC Staff
- Rick Visel, Director of Correctional Services
- Donna Sabourin, Director, CSTS
- Bill Birdsall, Professor Emeritus, UM School of Social Work
- Steve Hiller, Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecutor
- Hannele Waissi, Health Services Supervisor, CSTS
- John Kettley, UM PES
- Ruth Shabazz, Shelter Association
- Virginia Koster, Program Administrator, Adult Services, CSTS
- Delphia Simpson, Public Defender Manager
- Jason Fee, Project Manager, Facilities Management
- Barbara Levin, Bergman Community Corrections Advisory Board Chair
- Ellen Schulmeister, Executive Director, Shelter Association
- Julie Chaffee, Director of Community Corrections
- Fred Fitch, Deputy Director of Community Corrections
- Kirk Filsinger, Jail Commander
- Sheila Blakney, Senior Assistant, Public Defender
- Diane Davidson, Executive Director, Washtenaw Housing Alliance
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