LEAD
Brick Township
What is the LEAD Program?
Centered at the intersection of public health, public safety and racial justice, LEAD builds a non-punitive, community-based system of response to better address problematic or unlawful behavior that stems from unmanaged substance use, mental health challenges, or extreme poverty.
Who We Serve
LEAD is designed to provide a new pathway to long-term, community-based care which includes harm reduction case management for people who commit, or are at high risk of committing, law violations related to their behavioral health challenges and/or income instability.
Arrest
Diversion
Rather than arresting individuals
for an alleged crime, law enforcement officers
choose to divert them to LEAD.
Social
Contact
Police and others in the legal system can refer individuals with criminogenic histories to LEAD without the occurence of an alleged crime.
Community Referral
Community members can directly refer eligible people to LEAD without involving law enforcement officers or systems.
LEAD Services
Short- Term
Food, clothing, hygiene services, medical referrals, and shelter.
Long- Term
Food, clothing, hygiene services, medical referrals, and shelter.
Services such as substance use treatment, mental health counseling, housing, transportation, health care, benefits, obtaining ID, vocational training, education, employment, and legal services.
“This project is supported by Grant No. 2021-15PBJA-21-GG-04549-COAP awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). BJA is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.”