Important Information for Judges and Attorneys Handling Cases Involving Mental Health and IDD

Resource Letter for Judges and Attorneys Handling Cases Involving Mental Health and IDD

February 14, 2024

This resource letter is designed to facilitate communication among the JCMH, the judiciary, attorneys, and mental health professionals. Please forward this letter to any judges, attorneys, mental health professionals, law enforcement, or other community and state leaders who might be interested. To ensure that you regularly receive this letter, please click on the subscribe button at the bottom of this page, if you have not already.

Texas Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program Webinar

The Texas Coalition for Healthy Minds and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board are presenting the webinar “State Financial Assistance & Eligibility through the Texas Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program” tomorrow, March 27 from 12:30-2:00 CDT. Registration for the Zoom webinar is available here and an informational flyer is included below.

Texas Juvenile Justice Department Customer Service Survey

The Texas Juvenile Justice Department is soliciting feedback through a customer service survey to inform policy and improve service delivery in the agency. They have specifically asked for distribution to the JCMH Resource Letter list because of our shared goals and welcome your feedback. The survey should take about 15 minutes, and is available here through March 29, 2024.

Juvenile Treatment Court Grant-Writing Webinar

All Rise is co-hosting a free webinar on April 9 at 12:30 CDT via Zoom with the National Treatment Court Resource Center on how to write a successful juvenile treatment court program funding proposal. This webinar will provide an overview of the major components of the forthcoming federal grant solicitation from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), which is expected to be released in May.

For a complete list of Resources, please visit the Judicial Commission on Mental Health webpage. Information provided by the JCMH should not be read as a commentary by the Supreme Court of Texas, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, or any other court. The JCMH website is not equipped to facilitate dialogue or conversation about matters related to the information in this communication. For more information about the JCMH, please visit our website.

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