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AI-Powered Insights for Public Safety: Innovations in Case Planning

CAPTION: AI-POWERED INSIGHTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

Justice-involved individuals should receive the appropriate level of care, provided in the least restrictive way possible, facing mental or other behavioral health crises. Prompt identification of risks and needs, such as access to public documents, housing security, family and social support challenges, and peer associations, can be critical to ensuring the appropriate level of care is provided. Here, we explore ways AI can assist in the facilitation of risk and needs-based assessment in the field to promote positive outcomes.

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Hiring a Crisis Clinician? Considerations for Community Response

The integration of behavioral health clinicians and social service workers into community response roles has become a critical component of public safety innovation. While hiring the right treatment team is essential, also important—and often overlooked—are additional considerations for finding the right data and information systems needed to support the work.

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Community Response Solutions for Opioid Settlement Funds

To effectively monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve local opioid crisis response efforts, cities and counties should implement a coordinated strategy for the systematic collection, integration, and use of data. This article outlines key data domains, common data sources and analytical strategies that will support evidence-based decision-making and help to design more informed strategies for community opioid response.

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AI-Powered Insights for Public Safety

Caption: AI Solutions Boost Public Safety Capacity to Record and Retrieve Information

Over the past two decades, justice, law enforcement, and behavioral health agencies have been expanding to include new community-based roles focused on coordinating referrals across justice intercepts with local agencies and supportive services. 

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