Overall ODR Data ODR Housing MIST FIST LEAD Maternal Health MIST Diversion Diverts individuals facing misdemeanor charges who are found incompetent to stand trial into community-based settings to be restored to competency. Placements range from acute inpatient to open residential settings. Clients Ever Released 2858 Current Clients on PC 1001.36* 253 *California Penal Code (PC)…

Overall ODR Data ODR Housing MIST FIST LEAD Maternal Health Maternal Health Diverts pregnant people to the community with supportive services and housing. A majority of the clients reside in specialized interim housing settings that allow them to remain with their children until they can move into permanent supportive housing. Clients Ever Released 244 Currently…

Overall ODR Data ODR Housing MIST FIST LEAD Maternal Health LEAD A pre-arrest, community based program that diverts individuals with low-level offenses at the earliest contact with law enforcement. LEAD links clients with harm reduction-based case management and social services as an alternative to jail and prosecution. Total Clients Served 469 Current Clients 245 Year-to-Year…

Overall ODR Data ODR Housing MIST FIST LEAD Maternal Health ODR Housing A permanent supportive housing program that serves individuals who are homeless, who have a serious mental health disorder, and who are incarcerated in the Los Angeles County Jail. The intervention consists of pre-release jail in-reach services, enhanced treatment efforts, and immediate interim housing…

Overall ODR Data ODR Housing MIST FIST LEAD Maternal Health FIST Program The FIST Diversion and Community Based Restoration program removes individuals who are facing felony charges, and who are found incompetent to stand trial, out of jail and into community-based settings. Clients Ever Released 1590 Currently Active Participants 715 Year-to-Year Number of FIST Clients…

Overall ODR Data ODR Housing MIST FIST LEAD Maternal Health Overall ODR Data ODR’s programs serve to reduce the number of people in the LA County Jail who have mental health and/or substance use disorders. ODR removes clients from the jail through various court interventions or through pre-arrest/pre-booking programs. ODR then provides community-based housing, mental…

Maternal Health Since 2018, ODR’s Maternal Health Program has been diverting pregnant women out of jail and into the community with supportive services and housing. The program works to meet the unique needs of women through a harm reduction approach that ensures that participants receive prenatal care and specialized services. The majority of women reside…

LEAD (Let Everyone Advance with Dignity / Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) LEAD is a non-punitive, community-based system of response and care to better address root causes of frequent contact with law enforcement that is related to substance use, unmet mental health needs, and/or extreme poverty. It is centered at the intersection of public health, public…

FIST: Felony Incompetent to Stand Trial Program The FIST Diversion and Community Based Restoration program removes individuals who are facing felony charges, and who are found incompetent to stand trial, out of jail and into community-based settings. The community-based settings, ranging from acute inpatient to open residential placements, are tailored to meet the needs and…

MIST: Misdemeanor Incompetent to Stand Trial Diversion The MIST program diverts individuals facing misdemeanor charges, who are found incompetent to stand trial, out of jail and into community-based settings where they receive housing and clinical care. The community-based settings, ranging from acute inpatient to open residential placements, are tailored to meet the needs and clinical…

Office of Diversion and Reentry (ODR) Housing, a Permanent Supportive Housing Program The ODR Housing program is a permanent supportive housing program serving individuals who are homeless, who have a serious mental health disorder, and who are incarcerated in the Los Angeles County Jail. Created in 2015, the program is offered to pretrial individuals who…

The Office of Diversion and Reentry (ODR), within the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, develops and implements programs to divert people with serious mental, physical and/or behavioral health needs away from the LA County Jail and into community-based care. Since it began in 2015, ODR has launched many successful innovative programs, helping to…

Youth Diversion and Development has moved to a new department.  More info at: https://dyd.lacounty.gov/