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|Group=Legal Services
|Category=Legal Services
|Name=Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD)
|Description=Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) is a Multnomah County pre-booking diversion program. LEAD allows police officers to redirect low-level offenders involved in drug activity to intensive case management tailored to the individual’s needs instead of jail and prosecution. The goals of the LEAD program are to reduce the harm that a drug offender causes him or herself and the surrounding community, reduce recidivism rates for low-level offenders, reduce the number of low-level offenders in jail, and decrease the number of people of color prosecuted for low-level drug possession. Participation is voluntary but requires completion of an in-depth assessment within 30- days of arrest for the case not to be filed. Central City Concern provides the intensive case management services for LEAD participants.
|Provider=Metropolitan Public Defender Services, Inc.
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