Media Advisory: Town Hall Meeting Introduces Pilot Program to Boost Behavioral Health Treatment and Support Services for Missourians Released from Prison

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                    

Nov. 28, 2018

Contact:
Karen Pojmann, Communications Director
Missouri Department of Corrections
573-522-1118
Karen.Pojmann@doc.mo.gov

Town Hall Meeting Introduces Pilot Program to Boost Behavioral Health and Support Services for Missourians Released from Prison

(St. Joseph, MO) – On Friday, Nov. 30, the Missouri Department of Corrections will hold a town hall meeting to introduce a new pilot program designed to shrink the prison population, boost access to treatment, and improve public safety. Launched in Boone, Buchanan and Butler counties in a collaboration between Missouri’s Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health, the Justice Reinvestment Treatment Pilot provides comprehensive community-based services to people under DOC supervision who have serious substance addictions. The program evolved from House Bill 1355, which was signed into law June 1.

What:   Town Hall Meeting for the Justice Reinvestment Treatment Pilot

Where:  Family Guidance Center, 901 Felix St., St. Joseph, MO

When:   10 a.m.-noon Friday, Nov. 30, 2018

            

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