Across the country, state and local leaders are looking for solutions to the behavioral health crisis in their communities and justice systems. Whether they are concerned about getting the right response to each crisis, trying to adequately care for people in their custody, or helping people succeed after incarceration, they understand that no single person, system, or jurisdiction can solve this issue alone.
How Aligning Health & Safety Can Help
Through the Aligning Health & Safety project, the CSG Justice Center’s team of policy experts helps leaders in justice, health, and housing align state policymaking and local implementation to:
- Safely divert people who need care—not incarceration
- Treat behavioral health needs in jails
- Connect people to care and stable housing upon release
Through robust collaboration, state leaders can hear directly what’s working locally, and local leaders are better positioned to inform state policies. The result is healthier people and safer communities.
Learn more about our work in states like California and Pennsylvania.
Interested in how we can support your state?
A New Approach for Counties
In Spring 2026, the CSG Justice Center launched a new county-specific Aligning Health & Safety initiative to support local leaders committed to improving how their courts, jails, and community providers handle cases involving defendants with behavioral health needs.
Our policy experts can now help sheriffs, judges, attorneys, behavioral health administrators, and other county leaders develop and implement a plan for spending, optimizing, and measuring the impact of investments in interventions for this population.