Technical Assistance and Consulting

• Research and technical assistance leading the Data Driven Recovery Project, a multicounty effort supported to develop collaborative data-driven solutions to connect justice and behavioral health systems in 10+counties through the MHSA’s Innovation Incubator initiative.
  • Adult DDRP One Pager
  • Juvenile DDRP One Pager
  • DDRP Overview Report
  • Caseload and Cost Analysis Tools
  • Systems design and process improvement Toolkit
  • Data Strategy Examples
    • Sacramento County Behavioral Health and Justice Data Strategy
    • Yolo Data Strategy
    • El Dorado Data Strategy
  • Analysis
    • Using your data for System Change Overview
    • Using Data for System Change Appendix
    • Document and Flow Chart Repository
• Technical Assistance provider in 3 counties, and 4 states for the Pew/MacArthur Results First Initiative, leading local implementation, capacity building and application of a rigorous benefit cost model for applying evidence-based programs to 8 social policy areas.
• Technical Assistance in 4 California counties guiding California Forward’s Justice System Change Initiative, supporting improved use of data and analysis to address system issues in the adult justice system by integrating probation, jails, and behavioral health system.

Analysis and Decision-Making Tools

• This policy analysis tool developed for the Bridge Academy gives policymakers a way to evaluate the benefits and costs of a program.
• The Criminal Justice Cost Benefit Tool allows policymakers to compare programs and practices in terms of likely reduction in recidivism.
• The Jail Policy and Projection Tool gives policymakers a clearer sense of how different policy options in terms of who gets into jail and how long they stay influence jail use.
• The Pretrial  Cost Benefit Analysis Tool gives jurisdictions looking to understand their pre-trial population an estimate for the trade-offs between releasing people pre-trial based on risk to re-offend and failure to appear.

Data Displays and dashboards

• Public Health Meets Public Safety
• Using public Data Displays to merge multiple data-sets and ideas into one place
• National Crime Data
• California Incompetent to Stand Trial
• Jail and Crime Trends

Selected Issue Briefs and Reports

• Domestic Violence (AB372) Legislative Report
  • Incorporating Behavioral Health in Domestic Violence Programming
  • AB372 Year 2 Report
  • AB372 Year 1 Report
  • Pilot Study Dashboard
• Criminal Justice Releaignment
  • Realignment Primer
  • Split Sentencing Briefing
  • Graduated Sanctions
  • Programming for Criminal Justice Populations
• Court Interpreter Programs
  • Wisconsin Court Interpreter Program Report
  • Louisiana Court Interpreter Program Report
  • Arkansas Court Remote Interpreter Report

Selected Evaluations and System Diagnostics

• Justice Systems
  • El Dorado County Justice and Behavioral Health Systems Analysis
  • El Dorado County Pretrial Programming Analysis
  • Riverside County Jail Utilization Study
  • Riverside County Juvenile Hall Utilization Study
  • Sacramento County Jail Study-final
  • San Bernardino County Jail Utilization Study
  • Santa Cruz County Jail Utilization Study
  • Santa Cruz Pretrial Cost Benefit and Caseflow Analysis
  • Yolo County Pretrial Programming Analysis
  • Yolo County Juvenile Evaluation Implementation Project Report
• Continuum of Care Reform Baseline and Analysis for Probation Foster Youth