Mark your calendar for a new KSOC-TV webisode!

What: Diverting to Treatment: Community Policing and Mental Illness
Date: November 15, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST (2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST)

The upcoming webisode will explore the changing role of law enforcement in addressing youth and young adults with a mental illness. The program will discuss evidence-based strategies to combine efforts of police officers, mental health educators, and community advocates to resolve potentially violent situations in more positive ways. Additionally, the webisode will feature states that have implemented diversion programs, a law enforcement officer and CIT trainer, and a firsthand youth perspective.

Watch the webisode online on November 15th!

Watch the webisode live

KSOC-TV, or Knowledge Network for Systems of Care TV, is a web-based technical assistance program featuring behavioral health experts discussing cutting edge issues in children’s mental health. All KSOC-TV webisodes are available on-demand via SAMHSA’s YouTube channel after airing. During the webisodes, audience members—including partners and SAMHSA grantees—are welcomed to ask questions on Twitter (using the hashtag #KSOCTV), via the MediaSite Player, or by telephone (800–527–1401).

This activity is supported by a grant funded by both the National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, and the Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services (NIDILRR grant 90RT5030). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL). The content does not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.