07-041.00 JIMHS Steering Committee: Mental Health Solutions ProgramMemorandum of ~Understandin.g for the
Judicially Integrated it~~ental Health Solutions (JI~i ~1S) Proo~ram
Vision Statement
The Judicially,Iateg~'ated Mental .Health Solutions Program seeks to increase public safety
through i:nuovative cross-system collaboration designed to improve outcomes for individuals
~~itli mental illness who come into contact with the criminal justice system. .
~-1.dopted by the J7M1~S Steering Committee December 6, 2006
Background: Spokane County, through Spokane County Superior Court; together with Spokane
- bounty 17istric~/IvTu.n.icipal Court and Spokane Mental Health, submitted a rant application to
•' ' ' the U.~:y]7epi?:r~mcnt of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), on June 2, 200b. Tlie
t ;'.t ~. , applicailorl;{was:sulimilted in response to the :E3JA r'iscal Year 2006 competitive grant
:. ~~• iiririounczmeiit utled "Justice and Mental I-iealih Collaboration Program." The application
. received;l~roac[ based support ;from local government, law and justice, and human service
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public safety ~.rad~to improve outcomes >;or persons who are mentally ill and ~~-ho come in contact
with~the criminal justice s~rstem. The proposed program is titled the Judicially-Integrated ~!lenta.l
Health Solutions or~JllViHS Program.. BJA made a planning grant~awaxd effective August 31,
2006. -
'• ~ Tune Task F'la~l submitted -with the grant application specifies eight goals. Seven o:~ th.e eight
~. are to be achieved o.n or about September 30, 2007. The Time Task >-'lan-includcs objectives
s~; ~ =~. ~ :Linkecl.to each goal:•.T.t also details activities tl~e accomplishment oI' which is expected 'toresult in
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~ o. ~e objectives and thereby.the goals. ~ .~ • ~,;8, ~'~.-
A 1~Ieuiorandum Of Understandilzg' is presented as a key objective intended to restilt in
acconiplisliinent of Objective 1 of the Time Task l?lan: To "establish coorcii.nation rmong justice
system ~iid mental .health agencies involved in developing, implemeni7ng, and maintaining the
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Judicially ~ifegrated Ivtental Health Solutions Program." This document shall serve as the
Spokane:IvlMcmorandum Of iJnderstanding (MOIL relative to the JI1VtHS Progz-azu.
' Bach individual whose signatuue appears on tltis document, by h.i.s/her signature, represents that
• s/he is autliorizedto represent the agency indicated by his/her name, and to commit that agency
to the i.uteiit'pf tins °MOU subject to any and all applicable aaid/or relevant laws, r~gtilations and
court nilc~ as'~~vell as the availability of sta:~f resources. The signing this iv1OU does n_ of couunit
any ir%civi~lual='a~arncy Funds. ~ ~ .
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a~ .A IvIemarandiim of Understanding ~70i~ is an iaiformal document vrlaicl2 embodies something which the parties
desire to fix~ri memory by file aid of written evidence. Lt is not a binding agreement/con~•act.
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1 he agencies participating in the J]I~JIdS Program a.Qx'ec to support, to the event possible, the
Following:
• '1"o participate in JItiIIIS Steering Comzrdttee meetings. [Goal 1]
• To appoint as may be neeried a representative(s) to assist the JIlvII~S planning initiative
Facilitator with completion of needs assessments :for the purpose of: (1) identi~}•-ing and
prioritizing needslbarriers relative to effectively and efficiently processing mentally ill
offenders through the Criminal Justice System (CJS); and (2) enhancing information
sharing relative to mentally ill offenders across departments and systems. [Goa13] The
'ultimate purpose of the needs assessments is to result in recommended actions to nutigate ~•
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barriers and to address cl~.e needs of mentally ill offenders..
• To participate in a process designed to prioritize law and justice system agency training
_ needs relative to interacting ~~rith and processing mentally ill offenders [Goal j], anal in a
process designed to prioritise mental health and other human. sei~rice system argan.ization
,4'., .~ ' traiaiii~'rieeds relative to i.nteractuig with and providing needed services to mentally ill
ly- : ~ offeiictcrs: [Goa14]
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~' ~ ~' ~~ : To'.aclrio~vledge fuidings derived :fcon~ human service organi.r_ation needs assessments
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• , : , relati:~~e to structuraUsystems, programmatic and financial bamers to mentally ill
offenders securing needed sen~ices. Further, to recommend actions to nutigate the
: barriers, and to address the needs: [CToa14]
. To participate i.n az~. effort to establish communication protocols among all justice system
agencies to identify acid process mentally ill offenders. [Goa15]
_ 7'o participate in ~ process designed to deterniiue.points of interception `where an
intervention may be made to keep mentally i.ll offenders from entering or moving. Further '
into the justice system. [Goal 5] '
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"''' ~"'~ ~ ~ ' ~ To establish rotocols for..referral of meniall ill offenders to human. service
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~~ : r ~ f. ~.-, -~. or~aiuzations based on needs and judicial system point of: i.nterceptioii: [Goa15]
• To produce a policies and procedures manual that outJ_ines a plan of action(s) from first
contact with a mentally ill offender [e.g., arrest, diversion] to case disposition.. [Goal 6]
• To support the effort b}T information systerus personnel itoin or representing each agency
to develop coding to track a.nd report on Jlti1_HS clients across lativ and justice and mental ,
~~' }talth s5~steins- [Goal 6] ~ . ~ . ' .~?
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r~: To participate iu identification and selection of training .resources to meet train.i.ug needs '
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>,... identified under goals 3 through 6 of the .17MHS planning grant 'Time Task Plan., anal to
~p tlie.ei~cnt li~ssible to' arrange for appropriate agency personnel to participate in the
~°~:..• 'trair~iags [Goal %] ~ -.
=~ ~°' ~~ ~.=•~ %~~ ~:.Co: asssist ~~~ith development of a JA~II~S Strategic Plan to address the needs of. mentally ill
' .' ' ~ offeridexs tivho come iii contact ti~,7th tl~.e justice system and 1:o suppport implementation_o:f
that plan. [Goal g] .
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• As resources allow, to encourage agency personnel to identify potential fund sources to
implement services/programs prioritized through the planning process; and to develop
and submit applications to secure funding. Goal 8~.
It is understood the duration of this MOU is concurrent with the BJA planning grant
(I~JA award # 2006-MO-13X-0010; BJA application # 2006-F4996-WA-TL).
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Agency
Title Date
Spokane County Commissioner 6 `~g - Q
.. City of Spokane ~ Ma~±Qr
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~ "`-'• ~~~ Cite of Spokane Val ley Ma}rot ~- ~ ~ - 0
City of Spokane Council Fresident
Spokane County Superior Court Presiding Jude
Spok<nne County laistriet Court Presidin .fudge
S}~okane County Prosecutor Prosecutin~Attorney
Spokane County Public Def. Director
Spokane City Prosecutor Arosecuting Attorne,~
Spokane Cite Public Def. Publie Defender
Spokane County SheriCFOffice Sheriff' S'-~ ~_ O7
Spokane Police Department Chief J ~. ~~
Spokane Valley Police Dept. Chief
Director S- 2S d7
Spokane Ment~-1 Hcfllth Cirief Exec. Officer
Eastern State Hospital Chief Exec. Officer
~/ - Nat'l Alliance on Mental Illness
Gn Sacred :Heart Medical Center
DSHS S~V Comm. Serv. Off7cc
OVA State Dept. of Corrections
North .Cast 1~VA Tx Alternatives
Geiser Corrections Center
President c~-/3( ~b'1
Psyc. Serv. i.,ine Dir. ~/ d ~-
Administrator (_
Administrator S 3~ ~~ ~
Executive Dimetor ,S=oZS ~~
Director
JIIvII-IS Program Memorandum Of Understanding