While the Atlanta City Council approved a renewed contract with the Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative in ...

The messy saga over who will provide jail diversion services in Atlanta ended last week, after an online back-and-forth ...

Atlanta’s jail diversion program resumed services today, Jan. 6, after a months-long contract dispute with Mayor Andre ...

An Atlanta nonprofit dedicated to helping residents experiencing crises avoid jail time may resume services after a fight with the city over its contract.

Philadelphia police will stop arresting kids who are accused of first-time, low-level offenses as part of a police diversion program, beginning Monday.

Atlanta announced Thursday morning that their Community Response services have been suspended until further notice due to ...

PAD provides what are known as jail diversion services, which keeps people in Atlanta who face arrest from going to jail and provides resources to help them with social services instead.

According to PAD’s monthly reports, the program helped divert more than 250 Atlantans from jail to community resources from January through October of 2024. The organization has worked with ATL 3-1-1 ...

The Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative helps residents experiencing extreme poverty, substance abuse or mental health problems avoid jail time and connect with community-based resources.

Atlanta's Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative has been offering alternative services to help residents in need avoid criminal charges and jail time. The organization suspended services ...

Travis County Judge Andy Brown also discusses a voter-approved affordable childcare initiative that kicks off next year.

In an effort by the Gallatin County attorney to keep first-time, low-level offenders out of jail, a pretrial diversion program was launched earlier this year in Bozeman. The Pretrial Intervention ...