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 118 STAT. 2332 PUBLIC LAW 108–414—OCT. 30, 2004 grant resources to provide supervision of offenders and jointly ensure that the provision of mental health treat ment services and substance abuse services for individ uals with co occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders are coordinated, which may range from consultation or collaboration to integration in a single setting or treatment model; ‘‘(iii) in the case of an application from a unit of local government, document that a State mental health authority has provided comment and review; and ‘‘(iv) involve, to the extent practicable, in devel oping the grant application— ‘‘(I) preliminarily qualified offenders; ‘‘(II) the families and advocates of such individ uals under subclause (I); and ‘‘(III) advocates for victims of crime. ‘‘(C) CONTENT.—To be eligible for an implementation grant, joint applicants shall comply with the following: ‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF TARGET POPULATION.— Applicants for an implementation grant shall— ‘‘(I) describe the population with mental illness or co occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders that is targeted for the collaboration pro gram; and ‘‘(II) develop guidelines that can be used by personnel of an adult or juvenile justice agency to identify preliminarily qualified offenders. ‘‘(ii) SERVICES.—Applicants for an implementation grant shall— ‘‘(I) ensure that preliminarily qualified offenders who are to receive treatment services under the collaboration program will first receive individualized, validated, needs based assessments to determine, plan, and coordinate the most appro priate services for such individuals; ‘‘(II) specify plans for making mental health, or mental health and substance abuse, treatment services available and accessible to preliminarily qualified offenders at the time of their release from the criminal justice system, including outside of normal business hours; ‘‘(III) ensure that there are substance abuse personnel available to respond appropriately to the treatment needs of preliminarily qualified offenders; ‘‘(IV) determine eligibility for Federal benefits; ‘‘(V) ensure that preliminarily qualified offenders served by the collaboration program will have adequate supervision and access to effective and appropriate community based mental health services, including, in the case of individuals with co occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders, coordinated services, which may range from consultation or collaboration to integration in a single setting treatment model;

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