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December 26, 2006
December 26, 2006
Courts try to address mental ills
Emphasis on treatment tempers punishment
Cleveland Municipal Judge Kathleen Keough keeps a foot-high pile of folders near her desk containing the records of hundreds of defendants who come through her court.
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December 24, 2006
December 24, 2006
Mental Health Court set
Tulsa County court officials are developing a Mental Health Court to address the treatment and supervision needs of mentally ill criminal defendants.
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December 10, 2006
December 10, 2006
Mental health court seen as example for state
If you're severely mentally ill, the best way to receive immediate housing help and intensive treatment in Washoe County is to commit a crime, a state lawmaker said.
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December 08, 2006
December 8, 2006
Mental illness court would give inmates chance at new life
The Rutherford County Commission's Public Safety Committee has already endorsed an application for a $50,000 grant that would fund the planning of a mental health court.
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December 05, 2006
December 5, 2006
State standoff on mentally ill
A Denver judge has threatened to fine or imprison the head of the Colorado Mental Health Institute unless the Pueblo hospital finds room to treat mentally ill inmates now languishing in jail cells.
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November 15, 2006
November 15, 2006
Officials Clash Over Mentally Ill In Florida Jails
For years, circuit judges here have ordered state officials to obey Florida law and promptly transfer severely mentally ill inmates from jails to state hospitals.
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November 02, 2006
November 2, 2006
Grant to study mental health court
The National Association of Counties announced Wednesday Campbell Fiscal Court as one of five recipients of the group's Mental Health Diversion grants.
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October 20, 2006
October 18, 2006
Mental health court proposed
Mental-health advocates will meet with community leaders to discuss establishing a jail diversion and mental health court in Nassau County.
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October 23, 2006
October 14, 2006
Breaking a vicious cycle
Time on the bench inspires a judge to help form Mental Health Court, a program that aims to teach mentally ill people how to stay out of jail.
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October 10, 2006
October 10, 2006
Editorial: Divert mentally ill offenders
Ohio counties have created 20 mental health courts, including Hamilton County's that has succeeded in cutting such re-offender rates to less than 10 percent.
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October 09, 2006
October 9, 2006
Mentally ill would get help from court
Mentally ill people arrested in Northern Kentucky may get more help to stay out of jail if a group of Campbell County leaders can establish a mental health court in the region.
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October 01, 2006
October 1, 2006
Polk mental-health court aims to treat inmates' ills
To keep Polk County's mentally ill men and women out of the criminal-justice system, local court and law-enforcement officials recently agreed to start a mental health court.
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September 30, 2006
September 30, 2006
The co-occurring disorders court began operating in July 2005 in Kennebec County Superior Court
Since being admitted 14 months ago to the state's first mental health court, Floyd has done many things he could not have done otherwise
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September 24, 2006
September 24, 2006
Flagstaff to open court for mentally ill defendants
The municipal court in Flagstaff will roll out a new program next month designed to help mentally ill defendants get treatment and avoid further run-ins with the law.
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September 21, 2006
September 21, 2006
Mental Health Court
The Bonneville County Mental Health Court is one of only a few mental health courts across the country helping people with drug problems find help.
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June 16, 2006
Kane awaits fed money for mental health court
A Kane County Board committee on Wednesday approved a budget transfer of $15,000 to cover costs of the new Mental Health Court....
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April 21, 2006
Teen becomes youngest person to graduate from mental health court
Teen becomes youngest person to graduate from mental health court
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February 24, 2006
Funding Under 2004's Proposition 63 Cannot Be Used For Mental Health Courts, Lockyer Opines
Mental health services funding authorized by Proposition 63, a 2004 ballot measure, cannot be used to staff a mental health court, [California] Attorney General Bill Lockyer said yesterday.
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January 24, 2006
San Francisco's Behavioral Health Court in the News
"[San Francisco] Behavioral Health Court offers counseling to criminal defendants with psychological problems. Cheaper than jail, it's changing lives." - San Francisco Chronicle
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January 10, 2006
Kane County Mental Health Court May Convene Soon
Kane County (IL) has taken steps to fund a proposed Mental Health Court.
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December 16, 2005
Judge who helped start drug, mental health courts retiring
Washoe District Court Judge Peter Breen, chief architect of the drug and mental health courts, said Wednesday that he is leaving his post beginning next month.
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December 06, 2004
Hennepin Mental Health Court Receives Award from NAMI-MN
Hennepin County Mental Health Court was recogized by Minnesota's National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Minnesota (NAMI-MN) with the Criminal Justice Award.
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November 16, 2005
New Mental Health Court in Wayne County, Ohio
The Wayne County Common Pleas Court is working to create a mental health track in the common pleas system that would provide a better means of meeting mental health needs among residents charged or convicted of felonies who face community control sanctions.
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November 11, 2005
MHC Outcome Data: The MacArthur Study
Criminal justice and mental health professionals involved with mental health courts are eager for scientific data that indicates whether these programs improve outcomes for people with mental illness, and provide a cost effective option for jurisdictions serving this population. Research sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as part of the Research Network on Community Mandated Treatment, represents the first such study for mental health courts.
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November 11, 2005
Hurricane Katrina and the Orleans Parish Mental Health Court
Just a few months ago, staff and case managers at the Orleans Parish Mental Health Court (MHC) were collecting outcome data and exploring ways to increase the court's capacity beyond 100 participants. Today, using an office in Baton Rouge as their temporary headquarters, staff are scattered across the region searching for court participants displaced by Hurricane Katrina, wondering when they might return to their Tulane Avenue courthouse and offices.
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November 10, 2005
Meth addiction treatment calls for special tactics, experts say
An article on methamphetamine users that recently appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch may be of interest to mental health courts that work with this population.
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October 19, 2005
Update from New Orleans: Katrina and the Orleans Parish Mental Health Court
Just a few months ago, staff and case managers at the Orleans Parish Mental Health Court were collecting outcome data
and exploring ways to increase the court's capacity beyond 100 participants. Today, using an office in Baton Rouge
as their temporary headquarters, staff are scattered across the region searching for court participants displaced by
Hurricane Katrina, wondering when they might return to their Tulane Avenue courthouse and offices.
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March 13, 2005
CSG Staff Visit Santa Barbara (CA) and Bronx (NY) Mental Health Courts
Staff from the Council of State Governments (CSG), technical assistance provider for the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA) Mental Health Courts Program, recently visited mental health courts in Santa Barbara, CA, and Bronx, NY. During these visits, CSG staff had an opportunity to observe court staff meetings and the mental health court docket, and to pose questions to the judges and court team.
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August 03, 2004
Two grantee courts receive coverage in national media, regional trade publication
Brooklyn Mental Health Court and St. Louis Mental Health Court, recipients of BJA grants, were recently spotlighted in news and trade publications.
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August 25, 2004
Two Nevada mental health courts meet to develop a statewide data collection strategy
Nevada's Clark County and Washoe County Mental Health Courts met to develop a statewide strategy for collecting and analyzing data about their court programs.
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January 02, 2004
San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino Sun articles on county mental health court
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December 16, 2004
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Oklahoma County Mental Health Court Conduct Survey on Data Collection
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS), in conjunction with the Oklahoma County Mental Health Court, recently conducted a survey of data collection strategies of mental health courts across the country.
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February 01, 2006
MHC Learning Sites: Project History
Representatives from the Council of State Governments' Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project, the technical assistance provider for BJA's Mental Health Court Program, and a team of national experts will visit nine finalist courts for the Mental Health Courts Learning Sites Initiative. Five of these sites, out of approximately 120 existing courts, will be chosen as learning sites.
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July 18, 2004
Grantee courts receive technical assistance for data collection and evaulation strategies
Oklahoma County Mental Health Court and Orleans District Mental Health Court (LA) received technical assistance visits to develop data collection and evaluation strategies.
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July 05, 2005
National Conference on Court-Based Initiatives Held in Los Angeles;
Conference Resources Available Online
On June 21-22, a diverse group of criminal justice and mental health professionals gathered in Los Angeles for the national conference, Mental Health Courts and Beyond: Improving the Response to People with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System.
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January 30, 2006
The Essential Elements of a Mental Health Court
CSG has released the most recent draft edition of The Essential Elements of a Mental Health Court. Click here to view this draft.
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January 21, 2004
MHCP Grantee Meeting held in Cincinnati, January 22-23, 2004
On January 22-23, 2004, representatives from the 37 grantee courts of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Mental Health Courts Program met in Cincinnati, Ohio in the first ever national meeting of mental health court practitioners.
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February 16, 2004
King County Mental Health Court outcome data
The King County Mental Health Court released outcome data showing significant improvements for program participants.
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February 22, 2004
Orange County, NC, mental health court featured in local paper
The Orange County Community Resource Court is being featured in a 3-part series in the Herald-Sun.
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January 27, 2004
First mental health court in Virginia to launch
A new mental health court in Norfolk, Virginia, the first in the state, will begin accepting participants soon.
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October 31, 2002
Evaluation of Broward County Mental Health Court
Read an evaluation of the nation's first mental health court, in Broward County, Florida
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November 08, 2004
Bonneville (ID) Mental Health Court Receives Technical Assistance
BJA-grantee Bonneville Mental Health Court received technical assistance to develop a legislative proposal to expand mental health courts throughout Idaho.
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April 19, 2005
BJA Mental Health Courts Program Creates Interactive Mental Health Courts Forum
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Consensus Project, technical assistance provider for BJA's Mental Health Courts Program (MHCP), have created an interactive discussion forum to identify the essential elements of a mental health court. The forum will elicit feedback from the field on what makes a mental health court successful, creating a resource for communities interested in developing or improving an existing mental health court.
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March 06, 2005
Register Now for Mental Health Courts and Beyond Conference
Register now for the conference, Mental Health Courts and Beyond: Improving the Response to People with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System.
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February 02, 2005
Clackamas County (OR) Mental Health Court Receives Technical Assistance on Improving Collaboration with Drug Court
On January 25, 2005, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) grantee Clackamas County Mental Health Court team received technical assistance on strategies for improving collaboration with Clackamas' Adult Drug Court and enhancing services for program participants who have co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
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September 24, 2003
Mental Health Courts Survey
Survey of Mental Health Courts compiled by NAMI, GAINS, TAPA, and the Consensus Project
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January 10, 2004
NIJ Mental Health Court study
NIJ funds study of referral and decision-making processes of mental health courts
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March 22, 2004
Searchable website includes updated information on several courts
National survey of mental health courts updated
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March 10, 2005
Tarrant County (TX) Mental Health Court Receives Technical Assistance on Developing Data Collection Strategies
On February 25, 2005, members of Tarrant County Mental Health Court Diversion Program received technical assistance, coordinated by the Council of State Governments and provided by expert consultants, related to data collection and evaluation strategies.
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July 10, 2005
GAINS Center Makes Brief Jail Mental Health Screen Available
The National GAINS Center, a division of Policy Research Associates, Inc., recently released a Brief Jail Mental Health Screen (BJMHS), a booking tool to screen incoming detainees in jails and detention centers for the need for further mental health assessment.
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October 11, 2004
Three Courts Receive Technical Assistance on Developing Gender-Specific Trauma Services
Three BJA-Grantee Courts received technical assistance on developing responses to the impact of trauma on female offenders with mental illness.
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July 07, 2004
Recent activity in Discussion Boards, Q&A
Consensus Project Web site visitors share information on mental health courts online
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April 11, 2004
Lake County (OH) interagency task force implements mental health court
A new mental health court in Lake County Ohio will bring to 16 the number of mental health courts in the State.
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April 28, 2004
U.S. Senate vote pending on mental health courts program - $10 million annually through 2009
Senate Judiciary Committee votes to back reauthorization of mental health courts program
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August 10, 2004
Ohio mental health courts receive local press coverage
Two recently developed mental health courts in Ohio receive local press coverage.
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August 22, 2004
Colorado program supports youth with mental illness in the criminal justice system
This pilot program funds two mental health facilities in Colorado serving youth with mental illness who are placed by a judge at sentencing.
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September 08, 2004
New mental health court in Washington state
Skagit County (WA) District Court will operate a mental health court for a four-month trial period.
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October 05, 2004
Upcoming New York State Forum on Mental Health Courts
The Fund for Modern Courts is sponsoring a forum on issues relating to mental health courts on October 26 in Albany, NY.
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December 13, 2004
Announcement: 2005 Conference on Court-Based Initiatives
The Council of State Governments (CSG), technical assistance provider for the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Mental Health Courts Program, is currently making plans for a 2005 mental health courts conference.
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July 06, 2004
Three grantee courts receive technical assistance visits
King County (WA) Mental Health Court, West Virginia's Mental Health Court, and St. Louis County Mental Health Court received technical assistance visits coordinated by CSG.
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April 11, 2004
Richland County Mental Health Court (SC) receives technical assistance on identifying client needs and connecting them to appropriate housing
The Richland County Mental Health Court, along with several other South Carolina courts, recently received technical assistance on client needs, with a focus on housing issues.
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October 11, 2004
Maine and Alabama Mental Health Court Efforts Reviewed in Local Press
Two mental health courts emerge in Huntsville, AL; jail diversion and mental health courts discussed by statewide panel of experts in Maine.
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May 19, 2004
Mental Health Court Pilot Study Bill Filed in NC General Assembly
A bill to appropriate funds for three mental health treatment court pilot programs within the existing drug treatment court has been introduced to the General Assembly in North Carolina.
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June 07, 2004
Franklin County (OH) Mental Health Court featured in the Columbus Dispatch
The Franklin County Mental Health/ SAMI Court received press coverage and editorial support in a series of articles in the Columbus Dispatch.
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May 22, 2003
MHCP 2002 grantees
BJA announces FY 2002 grants for mental health courts in 23 communities
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November 02, 2003
MHCP 2003 grantees announced
BJA announced FY 2003 grants for mental health courts in 14 communities
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December 03, 2003
Clackamas County, Oregon, featured in newspaper
An article on the Clackamas County Mental Health Court appeared in the Oregonian
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October 27, 2003
Consensus Project coordinator to provide MHCP TA
BJA selects Consensus Project coordinator to provide technical assistance to Mental Health Courts Program
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BJA Announces Selection of Five Mental Health Court Learning Sites
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August 14, 2006
History of CSG's Efforts to Survey Mental Health Courts
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