The messy saga over who will provide jail diversion services in Atlanta ended last week, after an online back-and-forth between the city and the nonprofit that's led the effort for years. Why it ...

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The Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative helps residents experiencing extreme poverty, substance abuse or mental health problems avoid jail time and connect with community-based resources.

The city is launching “neighborhood wellness courts,” a diversion program designed to issue citations and offer addiction treatment and other services in lieu of misdemeanor sentences.

PAD provides what are known as jail diversion services, which keeps people in Atlanta who face arrest from going to jail and provides resources to help them with social services instead.

York County will soon launch the equivalent of an adult diversion program with funding from a $1.3 million U.S. Department of ...

Diversion programs are making a big difference ... which are growing even as the jail itself saves money with them. The Oklahoma Policy Institute, a statewide think tank, explains online: State ...

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