JCMH Speaking Engagements

February 28, 2022

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

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 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

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

July 19, 2022

• Texas Indigent Defense Coordinators Meeting; Virtual
• Mental Health Bonds
  
  • Speaker: Kama Harris
  • 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 25, 2022

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

August 18-19, 2022

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

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 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 2022 - June 2023

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

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