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- Nursing home diversion programs are initiatives designed to provide alternatives to nursing home care for elderly and disabled individuals who require long-term care. The primary goal of these programs is to allow these individuals to live in their own homes or community settings for as long as possible. Think of these programs as bridges.
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‘Diversion schemes’ are police-led programmes that divert people caught committing minor offences away from the criminal justice system, to other measures instead. Drug offence diversion schemes usually apply to the possession of illegal drugs for personal use, or sometimes to minor supply or cultivation offences.
By addressing the root causes of community instability—challenges such as food and housing insecurity, joblessness, lack of educational resources, and unmet mental health needs—diversion programs not only help improve long-term community safety and reduce crime but have also proven to be cost-efficient.
Jun 16, 2021 · A good measure to consider is comparing the cost of diversion programs to the defendant’s potential out-of-pocket trial costs, including filing fees and court fees. Often, even an offender-funded diversion program is more cost effective for the participant than traditional court costs and fees.
Summary. This toolkit is for any practitioner who is involved in, or considering creating, a pre-court diversion scheme for adults in contact with the criminal justice system. What is pre-court diversion? Pre-court diversion seeks to offer a swift and meaningful response to low-level offending.
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Mar 19, 2021 · Diversion programs connect individuals to treatment instead of criminal sanctions and are used more frequently to address substance use. This systematic scoping review included 31 published empirical studies to examine evaluations of diversion programs that address substance use and misuse.
- Robin Lindquist-Grantz, Peter Mallow, Leah Dean, Michelle Lydenberg, Jennifer Chubinski
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Mar 19, 2021 · Diversion programs connect individuals to treatment instead of criminal sanctions and are used more frequently to address substance use. This systematic scoping review included 31...
Overview. Approximately one-half of states have financial assistance programs, sometimes called nursing home diversion programs, whose objective is to prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of the elderly (in nursing homes paid for by Medicaid).
