The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES)
The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES) was a 2014 Sidney R. Baer, Jr. grant recipient. CASES supports early identification of and treatment for young people involved in the criminal justice system who have serious mental illness. This organization targets those age 16 – 21 who, because of the severity of their mental illness, would be otherwise unlike to receive a court-mandated diversion program as an alternative to jail or prison.
In 2015, CASES received Medicaid and Medicare certification and began seeing clients at their Nathaniel Mental Health Clinic. Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation’s support was integral in all of the steps necessary to ensure the clinic was able to open its doors. Since beginning services, assessment and clinical treatment have been provided to more than 70 justice-involved young people. CASES has also provided non-Medicaid reimbursable outreach in the community to promote youth client retention in treatment.
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