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Health Department and CJRD <br />Current Collaborations <br /> <br />Health Department Director (or designee) is Appointed Position on the Justice Advisory Council <br />Beverly Scurry is new member of the Jail Mental Health Work Group and the Reentry Planning Sub- <br />Committee <br />Expansion of FIT Program – Duke Endowment Grant will allow Community Health Worker position to start in <br />January 2018 at the Health Department to provide case management care for formerly incarcerated <br />individuals reentering with chronic health issues <br />UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health referred to CJRD by Health Department: <br /> Spring 2017 Project: Medical, Mental Health and Trauma-Informed Care Needs <br /> Assessment and Recommendations for Drug Treatment Courts <br /> 2017/2018 Full Year Project: Recommending Evidence-Based Best Practices and Mapping <br /> Resources for Health Care Provision in the Development of Orange County’s Coordinated Reentry <br /> Council <br /> <br /> <br />Ongoing Collaboration Needs <br /> <br />Continuity of behavioral health care and case management needs after incarceration in Jail and Prison <br />Enhancement of health care and dental care referral process for criminal-justice involved individuals <br />Discussion of community crisis resource needs that will allow for increased law enforcement diversion of <br />minor offenses or those offenses committed by individuals experiencing homelessness, mental illness and <br />substance use disorders <br />Health Department role in Drug Treatment Courts