Clarke County Partners CIT is Community Clarke County Partners Katie McFarland, LCSW Program Manager, Accountability Courts and Criminal Justice, Advantage Behavioral Health Kristen Daniel, LMSW Case Manager, Athens-Clarke County Treatment and Accountability Court Robie Cochran, Senior Police Officer CIT Coordinator Athens-Clarke Co. Police Dept. Note: Introduce our roles
Intro to our Programs- MH Unit, MH Court, CSB
Athens, Georgia Home of the University of Georgia Population as of 2014 was 119,648 The poverty rate is 37.8%
Athens Clarke County Criminal/Behavioral Health Systems Data 1842 individuals were arrested during the study window; October – December 2015 706 were Advantage clients (38%) 40 were referred to Advantage but were never seen (2%) 1096 were unaffiliated with Advantage (60%) Why do we collaborate? DATA
706 Advantage Clients 1135 Not Advantage Clients History of multiple arrests 91% 68% Avg # of lifetime arrests 12.7 5.4 Total lifetime arrests 8986 6095 Avg length of stay in jail 22.7 days 8.1 days Return to jail in 2016* 53% 36% More Data
How to we Collaborate? Talk about communication, emails, TAC staffing's, Robie’s reports, site visits, CIT Training etc. Top DOWN Support!!!! Can’t do it w/out leadership supporting us!
Man in Crisis
Contact Information: Robie Cochran: robie.cochran@athensclarkecounty.com Katie McFarland: kmcfarland@advantagebhs.org Kristen Daniel: kristen.daniel@athensclarkecounty.com