Four years after the Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee convened on the order of State Attorney Melissa Nelson, the Duval County Diversion System of Care has fully transferred under the direction of the Kids Hope Alliance and Partnership for Child Health.
“The transition of Diversion to KHA and the PCH is beneficial to youth because we are working as a collaborative to provide individualized services to youth in an effort to prevent them from going deeper into the juvenile justice system,” said Katoia Wilkins, director of the Juvenile Justice Programs at Kids Hope Alliance.
Since the State Attorney’s Office is not a social service agency, the idea behind the transfer was to create a system, not just a program, to find evidence-based services for juveniles. The State Attorney’s Office is the legal arm, Kids Hope Alliance is the funding portion and the Partnership for Child Health is the social services provider and organizer, according to Wilkins.
Our mission of helping people and communities achieve better health goes far beyond physical health, said
Susan Towler, executive director of the foundation. We can help build stronger communities by supporting local organizations that address the barriers preventing the most vulnerable people from reaching their highest health potential.
Goldhagen, medical director for the Partnership for Child Health and chief of the Division of Community and Societal Pediatrics at the UF College of Medicine in Jacksonville, was recognized for his work to support mental well-being services. He said the $60,000 award will support the partnership, a nonprofit that advances medical, mental, behavioral and developmental health priorities for children and families in North Florida.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ An organization that serves individuals with mental health and substance use disorders and a specialty care clinic that utilizes clinical health workers to connect underserved patients with community resources are among nine recipients of the Florida Blue Foundation s annual Sapphire Awards. The honorees will share $500,000 in funding that will allow them to continue to focus on innovative ideas and programs to meet local community needs.
The Florida Blue Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the state s Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, announced the nine honorees at its annual Sapphire Awards ceremony, which was held virtually on May 4. Each of the individuals, programs and organizations are making a meaningful impact in their communities related to three key drivers of health: mental well-being, health equity or food security.
Diversion programs among ways groups are making Duval County ‘Safer Together’
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The main focus of Saturday’s workshop was to learn more about different diversion programs in Duval County. (WJXT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Members of City Council and leaders of Jacksonville programs met Saturday morning to discuss community policing, policies, procedures and budgeting.
It was the latest workshop in the “Safer Together” initiative.
The main focus of Saturday’s workshop was to learn more about different diversion programs in Duval County, including a relatively new one, called the KHA Diversionary Program.
“We’re really excited about it. It’s been going very well so far,” said Amy Reed, the director of juvenile justice programs at the Partnership for Child Health.