10 Jefferson Award Finalists to Recognized Thursday

10 Jefferson Award finalists to recognized Thursday
The group provides community education in advocacy, crisis intervention and civil liberties issues, particularly for people in poor communities and people of color. She has been a volunteer at prisons for 20 years. She has influenced policies in the …
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Mentally ill ending up in jail instead of hospitals
To help police officers, Kasofsky's organization trains them in crisis intervention, focusing on how to deal with the mentally ill. Officers learn about different kinds of mental illness, including how to identify what mentally ill people may be …
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DeLeo gets award for helping gambling addicts
DeLeo has been a "longtime champion" of intervention and treatment of gambling disorders through statewide services, said Marlene Warner, executive director of the statewide council. "He had understood the need for balance in both securing plans for …
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