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Highland Health outlines jail-diversion telehealth pilot for Cleburne County
Summary
Highland Health presented the "Step Me Up" initiative to the Cleburne County Commission, proposing in-jail case managers and an iPad-based telehealth pilot with local law enforcement and schools to reduce jail stays linked to mental illness and improve continuity of care.
Highland Health representatives described a jail-diversion and continuity-of-care pilot to the Cleburne County Commission on a presentation given during the county’s regular meeting. The program, called "Step Me Up," would place a case manager in the county jail, screen qualifying inmates with a brief tool, and provide up to a year of community case management after release.
The presenter said the program combines in-jail screening and follow-up services to reduce the number of people cycling through jail who have untreated mental-health needs. "What we wanna do is put a case manager in the jail," the presenter said, adding that the screening uses an eight-question guideline and that many inmates show underlying…
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