Faster Crisis Response.
Fewer Re-Arrests.
Safer Communities.
We help health and justice organizations build systems that change lives.
When public safety and healthcare work together, communities get safer and people get the care they need. CHJ helps public safety and health leaders turn policy and funding into practical, on-the-ground systems that save lives and restore dignity.
From Policy To Practice
Good ideas matter only when they work in practice.
Health and justice systems are complex. Agencies operate under different mandates. Funding comes
with constraints. Treatment capacity varies. Community needs are local. And even well-designed
reforms can stall when responsibility is divided across institutions.
That is where CHJ works.
We bring justice, public health and community partners together to understand what is happening,
identify what needs to change and build the practical infrastructure to make change possible:
- Fast response
- Overdose prevention
- Fewer re-arrests
- Enhanced public safety
- Budget protection
The health and justice systems were never designed to work together. We provide the practical
connective tissue that bridges them. Then we stay engaged through implementation, helping partners
move from plans on paper to systems that function in practice.
CHJ stakeholders repeatedly identified implementation as the organization’s clearest differentiator,
including the ability to convene stakeholders, develop action plans, and then guide the work through
implementation rather than handing over a plan and walking away.
Grounded in TASC’s Frontline Practice
TASC works directly with people and communities across Illinois. That frontline experience gives
CHJ a real-world view of how health-justice systems perform in practice and strengthens the consulting,
technical assistance and implementation support we provide nationally and internationally.
What we do
Systems change, built for real-world local conditions.
Deflection & Diversion
Build effective pathways that connect people to care before deeper justice-system involvement.
Justice & Health Systems Integration
Bring public safety, public health, and community partners into coordinated action around shared
challenges.
Jail & Prison Reentry
Strengthen the systems that connect people leaving incarceration with healthcare, treatment, recovery
and community supports.
Systems Mapping and Action Planning
Turn fragmented systems and competing priorities into practical, locally driven implementation plans.
Treatment and Recovery Capacity
Help communities answer fundamental implementation questions: Deflect to what? Divert to what?
Reenter where?
Data and Technology Solutions
Build the information infrastructure, measures, and decision tools needed to understand performance
and improve it.
Policy & Practice
Bring lessons from implementation into policy, funding and field advancement, and bring policy back
into workable local practice.
Technical Assistance & Training
Equip leaders and practitioners with practical knowledge, tools, and hands-on guidance from planning
through implementation.
Public Safety & Public Health
Stronger communities need justice and health systems working together.
Crime, substance use, overdose, behavioral health crises and repeated justice involvement do not fit
neatly inside one agency’s mandate. Effective responses cannot either.
CHJ helps communities build coordinated approaches that:
● Intervene earlier
● Reduce justice involvement linked to unmanaged substance use
● Expand pathways to treatment and recovery
● Strengthen community safety
We help partners in law enforcement, public health, treatment, recovery, government, and the
community resolve problems no single system can solve alone.
How CHJ Works
We do not stop at the plan. We build a system your community can actually use.
Deflect to what? Divert to what? A referral is only as good as the care waiting on the other side. We
help communities build and strengthen the treatment infrastructure so pathways lead to real recovery.
Our Approach
Convene
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Understand
Map local strengths and pinpoint where people fall through the cracks.
Design
Build practical solutions tailored to local resources, not rigid templates.
Implement
Walk alongside local teams during rollout to solve real-time operational hurdles.
Sustain & Improve
Track real-world outcomes to ensure long-term community safety and care.
Who we partner with
Our partnerships bridge gaps and ensure the right resources reach the right people — at the right time.
Community-based organizations
Law enforcement & EMS
School systems
Local government agencies
Healthcare providers
Recovery & treatment centers
Some of our partners
Our Impact
Sustainable Change
From community reentry to statewide policy, CHJ initiatives reduce arrest and recidivism, lower substance use and overdose, and save taxpayer dollars.
250+ sites
across the U.S., providing statewide technical assistance in states such as Illinois and Oregon, and training thousands of practitionaers
48+ states
(and 2 territories) where our expertise has been shared.
1,600+ Communities
now operate deflection initiatives, strengthening public safety while promoting recovery and reducing overdose deaths.
Resources from CHJ
Stay informed about our latest work, advocacy efforts, and community partnerships. Explore stories that highlight the impact of our programs and the people we serve.
Our Global Reach
Illinois, USA
Oregon, USA
Kenya
Czech Republic
Austria
Italy
France
Peru
Egypt
Greece
Why it matters
By combining accountability with compassion, CHJ helps transform systems so individuals, families, and communities can thrive. Every engagement is tailored to local strengths and needs — ensuring that strategies are practical, actionable, and built to last.
