Veteran Justice Outreach Initiative
The purpose of the Veteran Justice Outreach (VJO) Initiative is to avoid the unnecessary criminalization of mental illness and extended incarceration among Veterans by ensuring that eligible justice-involved Veterans have timely access to VHA mental health and substance use services when clinically indicated, and other VA services and benefits as appropriate.
VA is requiring justice-focused activity at the medical center level. VA Medical Centers have been strongly encouraged to develop working relationships with the court system and local law enforcement and must now provide outreach to justice-involved Veterans in the communities they serve.
Each VA medical center has been asked to designate a facility-based Veterans' Justice Outreach Specialist, responsible for direct outreach, assessment, and case management for justice-involved Veterans in local courts and jails, and liaison with local justice system partners.
VJO Contacts 
Veterans Court Programs
Handbooks and Guides
The following handbooks, guides and articles offer more resources on the following topics relevant to the VJO initiative.
Court and Justice-Related Resources VHA Services for Justice-Involved Veterans Document
Justice Initiative Article Therapeutic Court For Veterans Article
Mental Health Resources VA Mental Health Services Handbook
Re-entry Resources
Incarcerated Veterans Re-Entry Guides
Veterans Affairs Offices and Service Organizations State Veteran Service Officers Veteran Service Organizations
Videos
Suits: Support for Incarcerated Veterans
Assisting Justice Involved Veterans
A Second Chance for Justice Involved Veterans
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