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

This resource letter is designed to facilitate communication among the JCMH, the judiciary, attorneys, 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 HERE, if you have not already.

March 26, 2024

  • Texas Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program Webinar
  • Texas Juvenile Justice Department Customer Service Survey
  • Juvenile Treatment Court Grant-Writing Webinar
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March 6, 2024

  • Aligning Health and Safety Webinar and Policy Tool
  • Criminal and Community Justice Grant Solicitations and Webinar
  • Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Grant Solicitation
  • Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program Free CLE
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February 14, 2024

  • Crisis and Diversion Grant Funding Webinar
  • Reentry Peer Specialist Certification Training
  • Rural Texas Health Care Challenges Forum
  • Guidance for Judges on Mental Health Diversion Strategies
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November 7, 2023

  • Juvenile Nuts and Bolts CLE
  • Fitness to Proceed Education Survey
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November 3, 2023

  • Mental Health Courts Collaborative Deadline Extended
  • Texas Lawyers Assistance Program Volunteer Training
  • NAMI Texas First Episode Psychosis Survey
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October 17, 2023

  • Announcing the Mental Health Courts Collaborative

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October 9, 2023

  • Announcing the Texas County Mental Health Law Plan Program
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August 18, 2023

  • Trauma History and Psychotropic Medication: What Judges and Attorneys Need to Know 
  • Launch of New Jail In-Reach Learning Collaborative Cohort
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August 1, 2023

  • Behavioral Health and Juvenile Justice Webinar
  • New Community of Practice on Police-Mental Health Collaboration Staff Wellness
External web link - https://texasjcmh.gov/events/meetings/round-tables/

July 14, 2023

  • Registration Now Open for 6th Annual Judicial Summit on Mental Health
  • Whole Texas Challenge
  • Scholarships Available for Texas Judges and Attorneys
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June 2, 2023

  • Pre-Arrest Diversion Learning Collaborative
  • IDD and Dementia Workshop in Lubbock
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May 16, 2023

  • JCMH's Mental Health Court Webinar
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April 11, 2023

  • Grant Writing Training
  • IDD Suicide Prevention Flyers
  • Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Webinar
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March 20, 2023

  • Juvenile Justice Judicial Training Institute

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January 4, 2023

  • Suicide Care Initiative
  • Juvenile Justice Trainer Request for Applications
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December 7, 2022

  • Youth Suicide Prevention Webinar
  • Proposed Rule on Use of Restraints in Juvenile Court
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