Words to Deeds X Conference |
Paradigm Honorees
Recognizing leaders in criminal justice and mental health who champion efforts to end criminalization of individuals with mental illness by supporting proven strategies that promote early intervention, access to effective treatments, a planned reentry, and the preservation of public safety.

Law Enforcement Champion
George Gascón – District Attorney, San Francisco County
Presented by Jennifer Johnson – Deputy Public Defender, San Francisco County
George Gascón – District Attorney, San Francisco County
Presented by Jennifer Johnson – Deputy Public Defender, San Francisco County

State Champion
Bill Brown - Sheriff-Coroner, Santa Barbara County
Presented by Martin Ryan – Sheriff-Coroner, Amador County; Immediate Past President, California State Sheriffs' Association
Bill Brown - Sheriff-Coroner, Santa Barbara County
Presented by Martin Ryan – Sheriff-Coroner, Amador County; Immediate Past President, California State Sheriffs' Association

County Champion
Jackie Lacey - District Attorney, Los Angeles County
Presented by Dave Meyer – Professor, USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine
Jackie Lacey - District Attorney, Los Angeles County
Presented by Dave Meyer – Professor, USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine
Presentations, Day 1
Presentations, Day 2
Presentations, Day 3
- The White House Data-Driven Justice Initiative - Claudia Williams
- Data-Driven Justice: HIPAA Guidance - Sherri Morgan
- Los Angeles County Data-Driven Justice Initiative - Mark Delgado
- Using Data: Designing Programs and Connecting Services in San Diego - Susan Bower
- Data Collection and the Stepping Up Initiative - Hallie Fader-Towe
HIPAA & Sharing Behavioral Health Information
- Guidance: "Minimum Necessary"
- Guidance: "May a covered entity collect, use, and disclose criminal justice data under HIPAA?"
- Blueprint for sharing behavioral health information from CA HealthCare Foundation
- Bureau of Justice Assistance Police-Mental Health Collaboration Toolkit
- Information Sharing in Criminal Justice Mental Health Collaborations from CSG Justice Center
- US Department of Health & Human Services on HIPAA
Data Driven Justice
The Stepping Up Initiative
Veterans
- Handbook
- The Homeless Court Program: Taking the Court to the Streets by Steve Binder
- San Diego Service Provider Toolkit
- Homeless Court at Stand Down: A Collaborative Effort to Assist Homeless Veterans, Strengthen Communities and Maximize Court Resources, Prepared by the American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness and Poverty and the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
- American Bar Association Homeless Court Programs Principles
- HUD-VASH Handbook
- San Francisco’s Veteran’s Justice Court
- Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists: Find your representative
- VA’s prison outreach and reentry support program
- Health Care for Reentry Veterans (HCRV) Website
- HCRV Fact Sheet (pdf)
- Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) Website
- VJO Fact Sheet (pdf)
- A Structured Evidence Review to Identify Treatment Needs of Justice-Involved Veterans and Associated Psychological Interventions
- Justice-Involved Veterans and Employment: A Systematic Review of Barriers and Promising Strategies and Interventions
- A Second Chance for Justice-Involved Veterans (video) In this 22-minute video the two initiatives of the Veterans Health Administration Veterans Justice Programs are highlighted. Beginning with the comments of then VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, the critical importance of the VA and its justice/community partners identifying and responding to all Veterans in the criminal justice system is emphasized. Included is a detailed description of those services and benefits available to these Veterans aimed at addressing their unique needs, facilitating their positive reintegration into the community, and helping them break their cycle of justice system involvement. VA and justice system leaders are featured, along with the compelling stories of three Veterans who have benefitted from VA’s targeted efforts.
Words to Deeds X Leadership Group
- Kirsten Barlow – Executive Director, County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California
- Bill Brown – Santa Barbara County Sheriff-Coroner
- Hallie Fader-Towe - Senior Policy Advisor, Council on State Governments Justice Center
- Morgan Grabau Dosskey - Program Manager, Forensic Mental Health Association of California
- Brenda Grealish - Assistant Deputy Director, California Department of Health Care Services, Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Services
- Carmen Green – Executive Director, California State Sheriffs’ Association
- Darby Kernan – Legislative Representative, California State Association of Counties
- Kathleen Lacey – Program Director, UCSF/Citywide Case Management
- Elaine Linn – Words to Deeds Coordinator, Elaine Linn Creative Strategies
- Rosie McCool – Deputy Director, Chief Probation Officers of California
- David Meyer – Clinical Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
- Ashley Mills, Senior Researcher, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
- Karen Moen – Senior Court Services Analyst (Ret.), Judicial Council of California
- Jasmine Murrey - Member Services Coordinator, California State Sheriffs’ Association & Foundation
- Kimberly Pearson - Deputy Agency Director, Orange County Correctional Health Services
- Patricia Ryan – Consultant; Executive Director (Ret.), County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California
- Kevin Smith – Ethnic Services Manager, Orange County Behavioral Health Services
- Linda Tomasello – Senior Governmental Program Analyst, California Highway Patrol
- Jolena Voorhis – Executive Director, Urban Counties of California
- Kit Wall – Words to Deeds Project Director, Kit Wall Productions
- Charlie Walters – Law Enforcement Consultant
- Stephanie Welch - Executive Officer, State Council on Mentally Ill Offenders
- Tracey Whitney - Deputy District Attorney, Mental Health Liaison, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
- Molly Willenbring – Executive Director, Forensic Mental Health Association of California
- Jenai Wyatt – Events Coordinator, California State Association of Counties
- Carrie Zoller - Supervising Attorney, Judicial Council of California