
LEAD is a national program based on new harm-reduction and trauma-informed processes that provides low-level offenders with unmet behavioral health needs collective support, intensive case management and collaborative resources while diverting them away from the criminal justice system.
Supporting Data
- First launched in Seattle in 2011, LEAD now has dozens of working sites around the country, and the world, including California, New Mexico, North Carolina, Georgia, New Hampshire, Ohio, Texas, Oregon, and even The United Kingdom and South Africa.
Reducing Recidivism
System Cost Savings
Other Successes
Goals and Core Principles of LEAD
REORIENT government's response to safety, disorder and health-related problems
IMPROVE public safety and public health through research based, health-oriented and harm reduction interviews
REDUCE the number of people entering the criminal justice system for low-level offenses related to drug use, mental health, sex work and extreme poverty
UNDO racial disparities at the front end of the criminal justice system
SUSTAIN funding for alternative interventions by capturing and reinvesting justice systems
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STRENGTHEN the relationship between law enforcement and the community
If you have any questions about
LEAD please contact them at:
Email:info@leadbureau.org
Phone: 206.392.0050 x 732
Address:
110 Prefontaine Place S, Suite 502
Seattle, WA 98104