JCMH Speaking Engagements

April 17, 2024

• Texas Association of Pretrial Services (TAPS) Annual Conference; Round Rock, TX
• Mental Health in Texas: Updates to the 17.032 Process
  
  • Speaker: Kama Harris

March 29, 2024

• Texas Association of Counties Spring Judicial Education Session; Lubbock, TX
• Mental Health in Juvenile Court
  
  • Speaker: Molly Davis

March 27, 2024

• Texas Association of Specialty Courts Conference; Fort Worth, TX
• Ethical Considerations for Specialty Courts
  
  • Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Judge Brent Carr

March 26, 2024

• Texas Association of Specialty Courts Conference; Fort Worth, TX
• Ethics in Juvenile Court
  
  • Speaker: Molly Davis

February, 2024

• National Association on Mental Illness (NAMI) State Advocacy Network; Zoom
• Mental Health Law: Looking Toward the Next Legislative Session
  
  • Speaker: Kama Harris

February 27, 2024

• 37^th Annual Juvenile Law Conference; Galveston, TX
• Ethics in Complex Chapter 55 Cases
  
  • Speaker: Molly Davis

February 22, 2024

• 2024 TMCEC Prosecutors Seminar; Austin, TX
• Mental Health in Municipal Courts
  
  • Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Molly Davis
  • Presentation Summary

November 17, 2023

• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association's (TCDLA) Mental Health Seminar; Dallas, TX
• 2023 Mental Health Legislative Update
  • Speaker: Kama Harris
  • Presentation Summary

October 19, 2023

• 2023 Judicial Summit on Mental Health; Galveston, TX
• Springboards to Transformation: Using SIM Mapping and County Mental Health Law Planning to Build Momentum in Your County
  • Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Molly Davis
  • Presentation Summary

September 18, 2023

• National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies50th Annual Conference and Training Institute; New Orleans, LA
• Mental Health Diversion at Every Budget
  • Speaker: Kama Harris
  • Presentation Summary

June 27, 2023

• RISE23 by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals; Houston, TX
• Creating a Lifesaving Mental Health Court
  • Speakers: Hon. Brent Carr, Kristi Taylor, Molly Davis
  • Presentation Summary
  • Presentation Slides

June 12, 2023

• Correctional Management Institute of Texas's 17th Annual Conference on Managing Juveniles with Sexual Behavior Problems; Austin, TX
• Project SAFeR: A Better Approach to Diversion, Family Preservation and Public Safety
  • Speaker: Molly Davis
  • Presentation Summary

May 11, 2023

• 2023 Annual TAPS Conference: Public Safety in the Pretrial Environment; Rockwall, TX
• Mental Health Diversion for Every Budget
  • Speaker: Kama Harris and Kristi Taylor
  • Presentation Summary

November 17, 2022

• South Texas Justice of the Peace & Constables Association Conference; South Padre Island, TX
• Mental Health Issues in Magistration Including 16.22 Procedures
  • Speaker: Kama Harris and Kristi Taylor
  • Presentation Summary

October 2022 - June 2023

• TMCEC Regional Judges Seminar in nine different Texas cities
• A Primer on Emergency Apprehension & Detention
  • Speaker: Kama Harris
  • Presentation Summary

October 25, 2022

• TCJ 15th Annual Child Welfare Judges Conferences; Georgetown, TX
• Developing a Specialty Court from Idea to Implementation
  • Speaker: Liz Wiggins
  • Presentation Summary

October 14, 2022

• THA Quality & Behavioral Health Conference; Georgetown, TX
• Behavioral Health Breakout: Judicial Commission on Mental Health Update
  • Speakers: Kama Harris and Liz Wiggins
  • Presentation Summary

October 11-13, 2022

• CMIT 9th Annual Mental Health Conference; Allen, TX
• Sequential Intercept Model: A Texas Example of a National Approach
  • Speakers: Kristi Taylor and Liz Wiggins
  • Presentation Summary
• Community Diversion Coordinator: Connecting Courts & Jails to Community Providers
  • Speaker: Liz Wiggins
  • Presentation Summary

August 18-19, 2022

• TMCEC Mental Health Conference; Corpus Christi, TX
• Getting Started: Mapping Your Community
  • Speaker: Kristi Taylor
  • Presentation Summary

July 25, 2022

• NADCP RISE22; Nashville, TN
• The First Steps In Doing Our Part – Eliminate the Wait
  • Speaker: Kristi Taylor
  • Presentation Summary

July 21-22, 2022

• Texas Counties and Mental Health: Changes and Challenges; Round Rock, TX
• Eliminate the Wait: A Statewide Campaign to Address the Competency Restoration Crisis
  • Speaker: Kristi Taylor
  • Presentation Summary
• Working with Stakeholders: What is Sequential Intercept Mapping?
  • Speaker: Molly Davis
  • Presentation Summary

July 19, 2022

• Texas Indigent Defense Coordinators Meeting; Virtual
• Mental Health Bonds
  • Speaker: Kama Harris
  • Presentation Summary

May 5, 2022

• 2022 Annual TAPS Conference: Leading Effective Pretrial Solutions; San Antonio, TX
• Eliminate the Wait for Competency Restoration Services
  • Speaker: Kristi Taylor
  • Presentation Summary
• Early Identification of People with Mental Illness or IDD
  • Speaker: Kama Harris
  • Presentation Summary

April 27, 2022

• Community Behavioral Health Conference; Denison, TX
• Sequential Intercept Model: A Texas Example of a National Approach
  • Speakers: Molly Davis and Liz Wiggins
  • Presentation Summary

April 21, 2022

• 2022 CCJ/COSCA Southern Region Summit: Improving the Court and Community Response to Individuals with Mental Illness; Austin, TX
• After Arrest: From Intercept 2 (Initial Detention) to Intercept 5 (Community Corrections)
  • Speaker: Kristi Taylor
  • Presentation Summary

April 12, 2022

• Texas Association of Specialty Courts Conference; Corpus Christi, TX
• Creating a Mental Health Court: Texas Toolkit
  • Speaker: Liz Wiggins
  • Presentation Summary

February 28, 2022

• 35th Annual Juvenile Law Conference; San Antonio, TX
• Chapter 55 and JCMH Bench Book
  • Speaker: Molly Davis
  • Presentation Summary