About
To learn more about the InfoNet project, follow the links below. To generate immediate search results, follow the links in the left-hand menu.
- Take a tour of the InfoNet - how to use the InfoNet to find information on programs, media, and research
- About the Continuum Diagram - how site content is organized and searchable using the components of the criminal justice and mental health systems with which individuals with mental illness are most likely to come into contact: law enforcement, courts, corrections, and community supports
- About the Issues - how the high numbers of people with mental illness in the criminal justice system affect law enforcement, courts, corrections, and community supports agencies, and what agencies are doing to respond
- About Jail Diversion - how the concept of jail diversion is represented on the site, and how users can search for jail diversion programs
- InfoNet History - how the InfoNet project originated as a result of collaboration among national organizations, and how it builds on prior Web projects
- Project Leadership - how the Consensus Project, National GAINS Center, other national organizations, federal agencies, and private foundations are working together to provide information promoting local responses to this problem
- InfoNet Methodology - how InfoNet staff are collecting and "tagging" six types of information: programs, advocacy, research, media, legislation, and statewide coordinating efforts