Topic Area: Justice & Courts

This outcome evaluation of four Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative-funded ACEs programs (All Faiths, Centro Sávila, New Day, and PB&J) matters because it provides evidence of what trauma-informed interventions are producing measurable improvements in children, youth, and families affected by adverse childhood experiences in the county.

This program evaluation analyzes Bernalillo County's Metropolitan Assessment Treatment Services (MATS) substance use treatment programs, demonstrating their cost-effectiveness and impact on emergency room diversions, jail bookings, and healthcare utilization—critical data for informing county-level behavioral health service investments.

This process evaluation and preliminary outcome study of Bernalillo County's Community Custody Program (CCP) demonstrates that electronic monitoring-based alternatives to incarceration are associated with significant reductions in recidivism, providing evidence to support expanded use of community custody models within the local behavioral health and criminal justice continuum.

This biannual analysis of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center jail population provides critical data on mental health caseloads, demographic trends, and justice system factors that directly inform behavioral health diversion, crisis intervention, and systems coordination efforts.

This report provides a detailed analysis of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center jail population as of June 30, 2025, offering critical data on demographics, sentencing status, length of stay, and detention patterns that can inform behavioral health diversion and intervention strategies for justice-involved populations.

This comprehensive gap analysis of the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County behavioral health system identifies critical coordination failures between jurisdictions and provides actionable recommendations for creating a unified, trauma-informed continuum of care that connects fragmented services to better serve residents experiencing mental health, substance use, and homelessness crises.

This presentation from the Council of State Governments Justice Center provides comprehensive findings and recommendations for transforming New Mexico's youth-serving systems through cross-agency coordination, evidence-based interventions, and a public health approach to youth violence prevention.

This report documents a community-driven dialogue process on mental health in the Greater Albuquerque region that generated 22 actionable recommendations for improving behavioral health systems, reducing stigma, and enhancing coordination among providers, first responders, and community services.

This community health needs assessment from Presbyterian Medical Services identifies mental health services, substance use treatment, and access to care as top priorities across 17 rural New Mexico counties, providing essential baseline data for behavioral health systems planning in underserved areas.

This appendix provides standardized definitions of key behavioral health terminology established under New Mexico's Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act (Senate Bill 3), creating a common language essential for coordinated regional planning and systems change efforts.