Post-Arrest Diversion Programs
Programs that represent an innovative approach to treatment and intervention
The purpose of the VJO initiative is to avoid unnecessary decriminalization of mental illness and extended incarceration among Veterans by ensuring that eligible Veterans in contact with the criminal justice system have access to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mental health and substance services.
1. Identify individuals with serious mental health and co-occurring disorders who are involved in the criminal justice system and will benefit from additional support and monitoring to comply with conditions of probation and successfully complete the probationary period.
2. Identify each individual’s service needs and link individuals to community-based services as an  alternative to incarceration.
3. Provide ongoing contact with providers to verify and encourage participants to uphold meaningful involvement in mental health and substance abuse treatment.
4. Continued coordination of services among treatment providers, courts, attorneys, probation officers, and houses of correction to ensure participants are accessing needed services within the community to sustain public safety.
A collaboration between the Department of Mental Health and the Quincy District Court Referral Form.