The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program is a community-based diversion approach to law
violations that flow from addiction and mental illness. The LEAD National Support
Bureau responds to this national demand for strategic guidance and technical
support to local jurisdictions developing LEAD programs. Based in Seattle, the Bureau is led and
staffed by members of a team of public health and justice system veterans who
designed the original Seattle LEAD program, and others who have now launched
LEAD in other jurisdictions. The LEAD National Support Bureau
also draws on the expertise of prosecutors, police, case managers and community
public safety leaders who are now using LEAD on the ground, and are willing to
share lessons learned with their peers around the country.