Fiscal Court intends to use the $5,000 grant to come up with a strategy for creating a mental health court for Campbell, Kenton and Boone counties.

Fiscal Court plans to work with the Campbell County Criminal Justice Advisory Commission - a group of professionals involved with mental health and law enforcement - to fashion a strategy to pursue that goal.

A significant number of jail inmates suffer from mental illness, and they pose a chronic obstacle to the administration of justice, Campbell County Judge-Executive Steve Pendery said.

He hopes that the mental health court can address their needs with treatment so that they're not continuously cycled through the justice system.

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