“A severe shortage of supportive housing for mentally ill residents of McLean County is the target of the McLean County Board's next initiative to improve living conditions for the vulnerable populati …
Stepping Up
- “The county of Marin has joined a national campaign to do something about the inordinately large number of mentally ill people who are being incarcerated in local jails.”
- “Northampton County Council passed a resolution Thursday that seeks to reduce the number of mentally ill people in the county prison. The resolution also authorizes the county and its workers to part …
- “Potter County Commissioners have adopted a resolution pledging to reduce the number of incarcerated individuals suffering from mental health illnesses.”
- “The Livingston County Board of Supervisors is lending its support to a national initiative aimed at reducing the number of people with mental illnesses in jails.”
- “In 2015, Skagit County commissioners joined the Stepping Up Initiative, a nationwide effort to reduce the number of those with mental illnesses who are in jail by getting them the treatment they need …
- “The Stepping Up Process to End Recidivism, or SUPER, will open its registration Feb. 6 for its pilot women’s program. SUPER is a pilot project that focuses on women who are incarcerated in the Forsy …
- “To combat the problem, Nevada County recently joined with other counties to attend the California Stepping Up Summit in Sacramento. Additionally, the county has passed a resolution to support the ini …
- “The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a Resolution last month to actively support the work of the Stepping Up Initiative led by the National Association of Counties (NACO) …
- “Nonprofit organizations asking for county dollars will have to go through a more formal process after the Alamance County Board of Commissioners approved a new application form.”
