Topic Area: Systems & Planning

This evaluation of Bernalillo County's Community Engagement Teams (CET) program provides foundational documentation of peer-based crisis intervention services for adults experiencing behavioral health crises, revealing significant data collection gaps that must be addressed to measure program effectiveness and guide systems improvement.

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 brief summarizes a civic academy convening that explored how New Mexico can implement Senate Bill 3's $291 million behavioral health investment through community-driven planning, workforce development, cultural humility, and youth leadership.

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 document outlines the Division of Community Behavioral Health (CBH) at UNM's organizational focus areas, values, and business principles, serving as a potential partner and resource for behavioral health systems change initiatives in New Mexico.

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.