Treatment Courts Collaborative Application Now Available!

Jurist in Residence Letter

From Judge Brent Carr (Ret.)

This resource letter of the Jurist in Residence (JIR) program is designed to facilitate communication among the JCMH, the judiciary, and mental health stakeholders. 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.

Applications for 2025 Treatment Courts Collaborative Open!

Without accessible resources, some people with mental illness and substance use disorder cycle through the court system repeatedly. Treatment Court Programs can interrupt this pattern by connecting justice-involved individuals with long-term community-based treatment, resources, and ongoing judicial monitoring.

JCMH is currently accepting applications for participation in the second cohort of the Treatment Courts Collaborative, to start in January 2025. The Collaborative is a program providing technical assistance and support for judges who want to start a Treatment Court Program or judges whose Treatment Court Program is less than a year old. Consisting of four online sessions in early 2025 and a registration scholarship to attend the annual conference of the Texas Association of Specialty Courts, the small group will cover topics critical to the creation of a Treatment Court Program: model courts, judicial ethics, grant writing, and more. This Collaborative will be for judges, by judges, with the chance to learn from experienced mentor judges and collaborate with other judges facing the same challenges.

Applications are now open and must be received by November 1, 2024. Questions can be directed to JCMH@txcourts.gov.

2024 Judicial Summit on Mental Health

The 7th Annual Judicial Summit on Mental Health will take place on November 21-22, 2024, at the Marriott Dallas Allen Hotel & Convention Center.

We have reached capacity for in-person registrations, so we are now only accepting registration for virtual attendance via live-stream. There is a waitlist for in-person attendance, which requires submitting a registration to attend virtually and emailing judicialsummitonmentalhealth@iemshows.com.

This Summit will include opportunities to connect with colleagues, establish new relationships, and engage in learning sessions designed to be inspiring yet practical. Participants will receive tools to help navigate the complex mental health laws.

Sincerely,

Brent Carr (Ret.)

Jurist in Residence

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