Veterans Justice Outreach - VA Loma Linda Healthcare System
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VA Loma Linda Healthcare System

 

Veterans Justice Outreach

The purpose of the Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) initiative is to prevent homelessness among justice-involved Veterans. Justice-involved Veterans are Veterans who have crisis encounters with law enforcement in the community, are jailed for relatively brief periods of time for offenses that do not result in prison time, and/or are adjudicated or monitored by either local criminal courts or specialty treatment courts, such as drug and mental health courts, usually for extended periods of time. VJO Specialists reach in to the criminal justice system to ensure that eligible justice-involved Veterans have timely access to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mental health and substance abuse services when clinically indicated, and other VA services and benefits as appropriate.

 

Diversion Court Programs

If you are facing charges, consider discussing Veterans Treatment Court (pc1170.9), Military Diversion (pc 1001.80), or Mental Disorder Diversion (pc1001.36) with your legal representation.

 

Public Defender’s office of

Riverside County

4075 Main St. Suite 100

Riverside, CA 92501

(951) 955-6000

 

Public Defender’s office of

San Bernardino County

172 West 3rd Street, 2nd Floor

San Bernardino, CA 92415-0008

(909) 382-3950

 

Veterans Justice Outreach Specialists

 

Riverside County:

Laura Rodriguez, LCSW (Veterans Treatment Court)

Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist

(909) 825-7084 ext. 5004

 

Jennifer Garcia, LCSW (Veterans Treatment Court)

Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist

(909) 825-7084 ext. 5034

 

Esther Kang, LCSW (Military Diversion)

Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist

(909) 825-7084 ext. 5010

 

San Bernardino County:

Synthia Florez, LCSW (Veterans Treatment Court)

Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist

(909) 825-7084 ext. 4655

 

Andrew Montes, LCSW (Veterans Treatment Court)

Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist

(909) 825-7084 ext. 5669

 

Candace Andrews, LCSW (Military Diversion)

Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist

(909) 825-7084 ext. 5018

Contact Info

Location

  • Valor Building
    11201 Benton Street, Loma Linda, CA 92357
    2nd Floor

Contact Number(s)

  • 909-825-7084 Ext. 5034

Hours of Operation

  • Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.