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JMHCP Grantee (2010) -- Jackson County Mental Health Court
Quick Facts:
- Date accepted first participant:
- April /2001
- Mental health docket frequency:
- Weekly
- Number of participants per year:
- 201-500
- Clinical eligibility criteria:
- Clinical exclusion criteria:
- Legal eligibility criteria:
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- Ordinance offenses / violations
- Felonies (nonviolent)
- Case disposition upon successful program completion:
- Participants' charges may be dismissed upon successful completion
- Case disposition upon unsuccessful program completion:
- Participants are returned to the court of original jurisdiction for case processing
- Court and service components funded by:
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- Federal funds
- State funds
- Municipal funds
- Tax levy
- State mental health funds
- Regional mental health funds
JMHCP Grantee Information
- Grant Year
- 2010
JMHCP Grantee (2010) -- Jackson County Mental Health Court
Contact:
- Name:
- Bruce Eddy
- Title:
- Executive Director
- Organization:
- Jackson County Mental Health Court
- Address:
- 301 East Armour Blvd, Suite 640
Kansas City, MO 64111 - Email:
- baeddy@jacksoncountycares.org
- Phone:
- 816-842-7055 x4
JMHCP Grantee (2010) -- Jackson County Mental Health Court
General: Jurisdiction, History, and Planning
- Grantee Year:
- Mixed
- Other collaborative criminal justice/mental health initiatives in community:
- CIT
Jail-based MH services, CIT training for detention officers
Missouri Partners in Crisis, Jackson County Community Mental Health Fund project - Date accepted first participant:
- April /2001
- Mental health docket frequency:
- Weekly
- Number of participants per year:
- 201-500
- Planning and oversight/advisory group:
- The court had a planning committee that has evolved into an oversight/advisory capacity
- Oversight group members:
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- Community mental health service provider
- State mental health agency representative
- Substance abuse treatment provider
- Consumer of mental health services
- Consumers' advocate
- Supervisory-level law enforcement official
- Judicial officer (e.g. a judge or magistrate)
- Court administrator / program director
- Prosecutor
- Public defender
- Corrections officer
Eligibility Criteria
- Clinical eligibility criteria:
- Clinical exclusion criteria:
- Establishment of clinical eligibility criteria:
- They were established through the court's experience and expertise
- Legal eligibility criteria:
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- Ordinance offenses / violations
- Felonies (nonviolent)
- Effect of criminal history on eligibility:
-
- Yes, individuals with past violent crimes are excluded from participation
- Yes, individuals with past sex offenses are excluded from participation
- Degree to which crime victims are involved in court processes:
- Court and victim determine involvement
- Reasons for lack of victim involvement in court processes:
Court Team and Training
- Personnel who participate in case staffings:
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- Judicial officer (e.g. judge or magistrate)
- Court administrator / program director
- Prosecutor
- Defense attorney
- Treatment provider or case manager employed by the court
- Ongoing training:
Participant Information
- Primary sources of referrals:
- Prosecutors
- Defense attorneys
- Mental health screening conducted by:
- Community mental health service provider
- Mental health assessment conducted by:
- Community mental health service provider
- Point at which full mental health assessment conducted:
- Before eligibility is determined
Terms and Duration of Participation
- Legal mechanism by which participants are accepted into court program:
- Participants' charges are held in abeyance and then dismissed upon successful program completion
- Case disposition upon successful program completion:
- Participants' charges may be dismissed upon successful completion
- Case disposition upon unsuccessful program completion:
- Participants are returned to the court of original jurisdiction for case processing
- Terms of participation:
- They are individualized based on the offense and the clinical diagnosis
- The court uses a formal, standard written contract for all participants:
- No
- Minimum and maximum periods of participation:
- 6 months minimum, no formal limit to maximum
- Average length of participation:
- 0.5 years to 1 year
Confidentiality and Informed Choice
- The court obtains written consent to release personal information:
- Yes, participants sign an initial release upon joining the program and subsequent releases when additional information is requested or shared
- Court-supervised treatment becomes part of the participants' criminal record:
- No
- Defense counsel helps potential participants decide whether to enter the court:
- Yes
Monitoring, Supervision, Treatment, and Adherence
- Monitoring and supervision of participants primarily performed by:
- Community mental health service providers
- Services available to court participants:
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- Assistance in accessing benefits (e.g. Medicaid, SSI, SSDI, veterans)
- Civil (legal) services assistance
- Outpatient mental health treatment
- Substance abuse treatment (independent from mental health treatment)
- Medication management
- Individual psychotherapy
- Group psychotherapy
- Court-supported services available after program completion:
- Some
- Rewards and incentives applied to participants who adhere to terms of treatment plans:
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- Graduation ceremonies
- Priority position in the order of cases called
- Praise from the judge
- Increased time between status hearings
- Food items or gift certificates from local businesses
- Sanctions applied to participants who do not adhere to terms of treatment plans:
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- Expulsion from the program
- Modifications in treatment plan (e.g. more frequent appointments with a case manager, adjustment to medications, increased drug screening, etc.)
- Judicial reprimands
- Increased frequency of status hearings
- Increased supervision intensity (e.g. meetings with a probation officer or case manager, drug testing, visits to court on a normal docket day)
Sustainability
- Court and service components funded by:
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- Federal funds
- State funds
- Municipal funds
- Tax levy
- State mental health funds
- Regional mental health funds
- Has the court received media coverage?
- Yes
- Is there published research on the court program?
- Yes
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