Objectives: 1) Identify multilevel factors that inhibit specialty mental health probation (SMHP) officers’ capacity to link individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) to treatment providers; 2) Conduct a process evaluation of the NETWORC implementation approach; 3) Evaluate the efficacy, acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, and cost of the collaborative implementation toolkit

Principal Investigator: Tonya Van Deinse

Co-investigators, research associates, program staff: Julia Metz

Current research assistants: Alex Dozier, Catharine Reagan, Emily Chávez, Allison Waters

Funders: National Institute of Mental Health

Key Partners: North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections, Managed Care Organizations/Local Management Entities, Behavioral Health Service Providers

Objectives: 1) Develop policies and protocols for using validated assessment tools to identify and prioritize individuals with a moderate or high risk of recidivism and a need for treatment services; 2) Build resource capacity for the Department of Community Supervision (DCS) to target individuals with mental health disorders and mental health/substance use disorders at risk of recidivism through collaboration with local behavioral health service providers; 3) Adopt a clinical case consultation model; 4) Identify strategies for enhancing DCS’s data structures

Principal Investigator: Tonya Van Deinse (via subaward with the Georgia Department of Community Supervision)

Co-investigators, research associates, program staff: Andrea Murray-Lichtman, Julia Metz

Current research assistants: Catharine Reagan, Emily Chávez, Allison Waters

Funders: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance; Georgia Department of Community Supervision

Key Partners: Georgia Department of Community Supervision, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

Objective: Conduct an evaluability assessment and formative evaluation of co-located service models addressing intimate partner violence and sexual violence IPV/SV.

Co-Principal Investigators: Cynthia Fraga Rizo and Tonya Van Deinse

Co-investigators, research associates, program staff: Julia Metz, Christine Murray

Current research assistants: Dayana Bermudez

Funders: National Institute of Justice

Key Partners: University of North Carolina - Greensboro, Guilford County Family Justice Center, Family Justice Center of Alamance County, Hope United Network, Buncombe County Family Justice Center, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Survivor Resource Center, Henderson County Family Justice Center

Articles:

Rizo, C. F., Van Deinse, T.B., Durant, S, Lopez, Q. S., Mason, A., & Ryan, P. (2022). Systematic review of research on co-located models for serving intimate partner and sexual violence survivors. Journal of Family Violence, 37(1), 23-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-021-00257-6

Objectives: 1) Examine whether changes in the program improved referral, assessment, engagement, and enrollment processes; 2) Assess program access (referral, assessment) and engagement (enrollment, participation) across participants; 3) Identify factors that impacted implementation of MHCEI and examine staff perspectives about the program; and 4) Examine the association between program participation and: a) mental health outcomes, b) material stability, c) criminal justice outcomes

Principal Investigator: Tonya Van Deinse (via subaward with Durham County Government)

Co-investigators, research associates, program staff: Julia Metz

Current research assistants: Alex Dozier, Catharine Reagan

Funders: Bureau of Justice Assistance, Durham County Government

Key Partners: Durham County Justice Services Department

Objectives: 1) To assess the efficacy of Specialty Mental Health Probation (SMHP) and Individual Placement and Support - Supported Employment (IPS-SE) to improve employment outcomes for people on probation with serious mental illness (SMI); 2) To assess the efficacy of SMHP and IPS-SE to improve mental health outcomes (i.e. functioning, stigma, social support) and criminal legal outcomes (i.e. recidivism, violations, revocations) for people on probation with SMI; 3) To assess the challenges, facilitators, acceptability, and appropriateness of implementing IPS-SE within the SMHP context

Principal Investigator: Gary Cuddeback

Co-investigators, research associates, program staff: Elena DiRosa, Matt Diehl, Andrea Murray-Lichtman, Tonya Van Deinse, Danielle Bent

Funder: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance

Key Partners: NC Department of Adult Correction; UNC Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine; UNC School of Social Work; Virginia Commonwealth University

Articles:

Cuddeback, G.S., Van Deinse, T.B., DiRosa, E, Murray-Lichtman, A., Givens, A., & Cowell Mercer, M. (2023). Adapting Evidence Based Supported Employment within Specialty Mental Health Probation: A Type I Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 134, 107342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2023.107342