York-South Simcoe Regional HSJCC

Goals and Key Commitments:

To promote coordination and communication within the criminal justice system

To promote and support new initiatives in the region

To participate in knowledge exchange activities

To promote cross sector coordination for specific client groups

Specific Objectives:

To identify emerging trends and gaps in services and find regional solutions

To promote and monitor court initiatives such as mental health court, youth mental health court and support it’s development

To promote and monitor new police-priority client initiatives, including police and stakeholder training

To share best practices regarding new initiatives and to advocate for new initiatives

To improves access to psychiatric assessments, treatment and follow up by improving use of existing resources

To promote training opportunities and links to existing training

To host training sessions in partnership with other regional/district partners and facilitate participation in training sessions

To communicate broadly opportunities for education and training

To develop and host a Seniors conference