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Commission presents SR 196 veterans study progress, recommends early identification and a 'cascade of care' framework
Summary
Staff reported preliminary merges of Department of Veterans Affairs data with court records, site visits, interviews and a proposed Veterans Cascade of Care to improve screening, assessment and linkage to treatment for veterans in the criminal justice system.
The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing reported substantive early findings from Senate Resolution 196 (SR 196), a 15‑month study of veterans in the criminal justice system, and proposed a Veterans Cascade of Care model emphasizing early identification and evidence‑based screening.
Brett Miller and Noah Pinker Davis summarized SR 196 activity: staff merged veteran identifiers from Department of Veterans Affairs records with commission and AOPC datasets to analyze criminal justice patterns among veterans; the team conducted county surveys, site visits to Allegheny and…
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