The SAMHSA National GAINS Center With many service members returning home from overseas duty and given the risk for justice system involvement posed by untreated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma-related dis- orders, SAMHSA launched the Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery – Priority to Veterans initiative in 2008 to support the implementation of trauma-integrated jail diversion programs for justice-involved veterans and other indi- viduals with PTSD and trauma-related disorders through community-based pilot jail diversion programs and statewide infrastructure building activities (United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2008).
