Stepping Up Summit

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Counties across North Carolina and throughout the nation are working on the Stepping Up Initiative - diverting people with mental illnesses from the prison system so that they can access the care that they need. Representatives from over 40 North Carolina counties held a Stepping Up Summit on May 9, 2017 to jumpstart their efforts through education and networking. 

Stepping Up Summit Agenda | Discussion Guide for Practice Improvement​
 
Part I: Introduction and Keynote


Secretary Mandy Cohen, NC DHHS

Fred Osher, Council of State Governments Justice Center (View Presentation File)

  • A Shared Framework for Reducing Recidivism and Promoting Recovery (PowerPoint) (Report)

​Part II: Stepping Up Program Presentations

Getting the Right People to the Table (Alamance County)
Is there Strength Collecting the Data (Pitt County)
Running an Effective, Efficient and Compassionate Detention Center (Buncombe County)

​Part III:


Kurtis Taylor, Outreach and Reentry Coordinator, Oxford House
Judge Steven Leifman, Criminal Division, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida



​Part IV: 

Leon Evans, Center for Health Care Services (View Presentation File)
Commissioner Ronnie Beale, Macon County
Sheriff Van Duncan, Buncombe County

​Additional Video Links from the Summit: 

The Forgotten Floor (from Judge Leifman's Presentation)
Integrated Care Program
"Roll Call"
Restoration Center Virtual Tour